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Senate adopts resolution urging federal waiver for employer‑sponsored work program, 16‑13
Summary
The Utah Senate passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 1, asking the U.S. government to permit a state employer‑sponsored work program that would capture FICA/Medicare withholdings to help fund a program for undocumented workers; the measure passed 16‑13 after debate over whether the language creates de facto amnesty.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 17 adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 1, a conference‑committee report asking the federal government to allow a state employer‑sponsored work program that would capture Social Security (FICA) and Medicare withholdings to help fund program costs. The motion to accept the conference committee report and to pass the resolution carried by recorded vote, 16‑13.
Sponsor Senator Jenkins described the resolution as a narrowly framed request to the federal government, not a mechanism for amnesty. Jenkins said the concept is to recruit undocumented workers…
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