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Utah House approves pilot migrant-worker program, creates 27-member commission
Summary
The Utah House voted 72-0 to pass House Bill 466, creating a 27-member commission and a one-year pilot with Nuevo León, Mexico, to request temporary nonimmigrant visas for seasonal workers; sponsors say the program uses federal visa processes and carries no fiscal impact.
The Utah House on the floor on March 4 passed House Bill 466, the "Migrant Workers and Related Commission Amendments," by a vote of 72-0, sending the measure to the state Senate.
Sponsor Representative Sandstrom, speaking before the vote, said HB466 establishes a 27-member commission "to look at immigration issues, look at how we assimilate immigrants into our community" and to facilitate a legal seasonal-worker program. "The visa that will be given under this program is a nonimmigrant visa. It is not permanent. It has no path to citizenship," Sandstrom said on the House floor.
Sandstrom described the pilot as a one-year program with the state of Nuevo León, Mexico,…
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