News | Moving the Message: Senate passes resolution for the creation of an immigrant guest-worker program. (birth, immigrants)

[blacknight04]

While that means that it may have more bark than bite, the resolution still puts the feds on notice that Utah will seek to chart its own destiny over immigration if they don’t take action.
"We wanted to put pressure on the federal government to address [undocumented immigration]," said resolution sponsor Sen. Scott Jenkins, R-Plain City. "Or let us address it." The resolution asks the federal government for a waiver to allow the state to create an "employer-sponsored work program" that would allow undocumented immigrants to work legally in the state, so long as they entered their fingerprints and information into the system. The program would also allow for Medicare and FICA benefits to be withheld from their pay to both help fund the program and allow workers to receive benefits. The guest workers would be allowed two-year contracts with the possibility of renewal.

News | Moving the Message: Senate passes resolution for the creation of an immigrant guest-worker program. - Salt Lake City Weekly - Salt Lake City's Independent Guide To News, Arts & Entertainment

I thought Utah was a conservative state.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

I'd like to see the business names pushing this.

[Bostonian123]

I don't mind guest work programs after we end birthright citizenship and secure the border.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by Bostonian123

I don't mind guest work programs after we end birthright citizenship and secure the border.

Ya, what a quandary that would create! A guest worker program spitting out kids that all qualify for govt aid. That's a lovely picture.