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Senate advances immigration sponsorship measure, HB 469, amid standing division
Summary
Senators passed House Bill 469 to allow Utah citizens to sponsor immigrants who pass background and health checks and whose sponsors assume financial responsibility; the bill passed after a standing division and a roll-call (19–6) and will be returned to the House.
The Utah Senate on March 8 passed House Bill 469, an immigration-related measure that would create a state-administered sponsorship program allowing Utah citizens to sponsor immigrants for residence, work and study in the state subject to eligibility checks.
Sponsor Senator Ralph Niederhauser (floor presentation) described the bill as a mechanism to expand legal channels and enforce eligibility. "The best way to fix illegal immigration is to expand legal immigration," he said on the floor, explaining the program would require applicants to pass background and health checks,…
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