Amnesty in Utah?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Utah out of all places...

Utah Approves Guest Worker Program for Illegal Immigrants

Immigrants, Businesses Hail Bipartisan "Utah Solution," But Is It Constitutional?

March 7, 2011

Utah could become the first state in the nation with its own guest worker program that would grant permits to undocumented immigrants and allow them to continue living and working in the state legally.

The measure passed the Republican-controlled state legislature late Friday as part of a bipartisan deal that also includes an enforcement law, requiring police to check the immigration status of suspects in felony or serious misdemeanor cases.

Republican Gov. Gary Herbert praised lawmakers for crafting a so-called "Utah solution" to the state's illegal immigration problem but has not said whether he will sign the bills.

The federal government would need to grant a waiver to allow Utah to permit immigrant workers who would otherwise not be legally present in the United States. Such a waiver would be unprecedented, and it's unclear whether a mechanism exists for the state to request one.

Most congressional Republicans and some Democrats currently oppose plans that would address the legal status of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants living across the United States.

Supporters of the Utah bills say they strike the right balance for the economy, recognizing the importance of immigrant workers for businesses and the need to crack down on illegal immigrants involved in crime.

Still, passage of the legislation -- in a red state, in a part of the country most affected by illegal immigration -- is significant.

"This is a common sense, market-based approach that balances immigration enforcement with measures that are supportive of the needs of Utah businesses and are also welcoming of immigrants," said Alfonso Aguilar, executive director of Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Why don't we just throw all the laws out the window, open up our borders even more and let the illegals over run our country.

[Darnell 8,479]

Utah needs a waiver from the Fed? Coolio !

[mawilson 2,133]

Great, maybe they'll all move to fuckin Utah.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Great, maybe they'll all move to fuckin Utah.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Bloody Mormons!

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Whether Arizona's SB-1080, California's pot bill, or now Utah's guest worker bill . . . all of these bills are designed to be overturned by the US Supreme Court based on the Supremacy Clause. Immigration and drugs remain a federal issue, and only the Feds can introduce any legislation here. Not even worth talking about.

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Whether Arizona's SB-1080, California's pot bill, or now Utah's guest worker bill . . . all of these bills are designed to be overturned by the US Supreme Court based on the Supremacy Clause. Immigration and drugs remain a federal issue, and only the Feds can introduce any legislation here. Not even worth talking about.

Which begs the question, why bother with this bill? If you pass a bill that is designed to be overturned by SCOTUS, then why not pass a bill that is as incendiary as possible and gets you the most national attention (See: Arizona)?

This Utah bill is just going to piss off the national RWNs and give them more cause to be suspicious of Mormon conservatives in general. After all, you must be sufficiently hateful and bigoted to be a good RWN these days. Your heart isn't full of darkness? You're not welcome, go home ya freakin lib!

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[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Which begs the question, why bother with this bill? If you pass a bill that is designed to be overturned by SCOTUS, then why not pass a bill that is as incendiary as possible and gets you the most national attention (See: Arizona)?

This Utah bill is just going to piss off the national RWNs and give them more cause to be suspicious of Mormon conservatives in general. After all, you must be sufficiently hateful and bigoted to be a good RWN these days. Your heart isn't full of darkness? You're not welcome, go home ya freakin lib!

Like anyone in their right mind is going to trust a Mormon ? I would rather slit my throat with a straight razor then to have a Mormon in the White House.

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Like anyone in their right mind is going to trust a Mormon ? I would rather slit my throat with a straight razor then to have a Mormon in the White House.

i can't tell so i have to ask - trolling or serious?

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Utah also left in place the outrageous in-state tuition program for illegal aliens, and is creating a special guest worker program with a state in Mexico! If you live or work in Utah, our condolences. You now live in the biggest sanctuary state in America. Look out.

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Something about gutter and religion comes to mind. Who said that. Willard this #######. Will be hung around your neck.

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Run by a lot of RINOs.

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Good!

We Arizonans will be happy to send Utah our illegal aliens.

We'll even open an express lane at the Lees Ferry for you.

Seriously, is this for real?

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Hey Utah,

You all can have a bucket load of our Floriduh illegals.

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When individual cities and/or states can make their own “national” laws this country no longer exists.

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This is very interesting. Now I am waiting for the response by Mitt Romney and Huntsman, Jr.

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utah can have all the illegas and illegos from california also

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They will get what they so well deserve.

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Does the Mormon faith believe in the tenet “the meek shall inherit the earth”?

Mormons are no longer the majority of the Salt Lake City population as of 2009, with an amnesty proposal such as this bill, they will lose majority status in the state in a generation.

If the commons is the tax base of the localities, counties and state of Utah, this bill will become the penultimate tragedy of the commons as the business interests who bought this legislation pass off their employee benefits costs onto the taxpayers social safety net while also whittling done the payscale across the bottom 80% of wage earners in the state.

Plainly put, it’s pure evil.

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The powers-that-be in Utah (the LDS church, the banks, the developers, and the utilities) are all behind the amnesty. It's a game of numbers and dollars for all involved. The church just plans on converting these poor lost souls...

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The Corporation of the President of the Church of Latter-Day Saints always keeps its eye on the prize.....

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Will Utah secede become 51st state?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

i can't tell so i have to ask - trolling or serious?

Serious as a heart attack. The Mormon church is nothing more than a sneaking conniving cult who would do nothing more than to further their cult cause. You get a Mormon in there, and they are going to push the Mormon agenda. If I had my druthers, there would be no Mormon church, and all those Mormon Elders would be sitting in the joint doing their time. This post may not sound "politically correct" but it's a fact. Anyone that's not Mormon yet knows about them knows what I'm talking about. There's not that many Mormons in the east, but you come out west and it's like an infestation of ####### roaches. Especially the Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho states.

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Serious as a heart attack. The Mormon church is nothing more than a sneaking conniving cult who would do nothing more than to further their cult cause. You get a Mormon in there, and they are going to push the Mormon agenda. If I had my druthers, there would be no Mormon church, and all those Mormon Elders would be sitting in the joint doing their time. This post may not sound "politically correct" but it's a fact. Anyone that's not Mormon yet knows about them knows what I'm talking about. There's not that many Mormons in the east, but you come out west and it's like an infestation of ####### roaches. Especially the Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho states.

You're right, there aren't many out here. I've been in Jersey most of my life and I don't think I even know a Mormon or ever met one.

Nothing in your post really tells me what's wrong with them, though.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

You're right, there aren't many out here. I've been in Jersey most of my life and I don't think I even know a Mormon or ever met one.

Nothing in your post really tells me what's wrong with them, though.

My younger brother and I played basket ball for two years with a "Mormon Ward" seeing how each "Ward" was allowed two non Mormons to play for them. It's a bloody cult is what it is. And when they think one of their own is "straying" so to say, they bring them in for an illegal brainwashing session. It's no joke. And as for hiring a non Mormon when one of them owns a business...lol. They keep it in the church. They remind me of some kind of twisted ant colony.

[peejay 327]

The Mormons were driven out of the east and fled west. They fled so far that they figured they would be left alone in the wilderness of the desert of Utah.

Unfortunately civilization eventually caught up with them. They have had to mend their ways to conform to modern America and are still existing.