Illegal immigration was a dominant category of the 2011 Utah Legislature, which ended midnight Thursday.
Hearings on immigration bills occurred early in the 45-day session, and passions ran high. Utah Highway Patrol troopers and legislative security stood guard and committee chairmen banned cheering and jeering.
A heated exchange took place between Republican Senator Curt Bramble and Republican Representative Chris Herrod in the hall outside the House chambers the night legislators debated illegal immigration.
"This is exactly what the public didn't want," an angry Herrod told Bramble. "I'm working the floor to try to kill it."
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