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Sunshine Caucus lawmakers describe mixed outcomes on immigration-related bills; SB90 advanced a tougher approach to repeat illegal entry
Summary
Lawmakers discussed several immigration-related bills: an E-Verify expansion attempt failed in committee, a proposal to remove state-funded coverage for some noncitizen residents did not advance, and SB90 — aimed at reducing the 'revolving door' for repeat illegal-entry arrests — passed.
Sunshine Caucus members at the Washington County Republican Women luncheon described multiple immigration-related bills from the legislative session and the mixed fate of each.
Representative Neil Walter summarized two failed measures: his effort to broaden Utah’s E-Verify employer requirement (which would have lowered the employee-threshold back toward 15 or 5 employees) did not clear the House committee after lengthy debate, and a separate proposal to remove…
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