Monday, March 14, 2011

Immigration reform, the ‘Utah Way’

Utah, where Republicans outnumber Democrats by better than threeto one in the state Legislature, has passed the nation's mostliberal and most reality-based policy on illegal immigration. Andthe Republican governor is expected to sign it.

The legislation includes both a watered-down enforcementprovision that police say won't make much difference and aguest-worker program that would make all the difference in theworld -- if it survives constitutional challenge -- by grantinglegal status to undocumented workers and allowing them to livenormal lives. In a nutshell, it's a one-state version of theoverarching immigration reform package that Congress has repeatedlytried, and failed, to enact.

Read More: http://www.heraldextra.com/news/opinion/article_569e9ae3-3023-520f-b146-250b45ae55f7.html

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