“Thanks to the effort of political, faith and business leaders, the debate in Utah was positive and constructive. Unfortunately, the outcome was not. The laws passed by Utah are flawed and unconstitutional,” said Janet Murguía, president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza, a Latino advocacy group.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Latino group to states: Copy Utah Compact, not its laws
At the one-year anniversary of the enactment of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, a group trying to head off similar laws elsewhere encouraged states to copy the Utah Compact — but not to imitate the package of bills actually passed by the Utah Legislature, which it says are unconstitutional.
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