Monday, February 7, 2011

UTAH: Immigration bill carries big price tag (11 million)

The cost of Rep. Stephen Sandstrom’s enforcement-only immigration reform bill to local governments could top $11 million, according to the financial analysis released Monday by the Legislative Fiscal Analysts office.

Sandstrom has been working with various groups — including the League of Cities — in an attempt to bring that number down and the fiscal analysts provided a cost range for enacting the bill. That range is anywhere between $5.3 million and $11.3 million for detainment and verification of immigration status.

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