From Deseret News archives:

Senate committee urges feds to act on immigration

Published: Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008 6:33 p.m. MST
 |  E-MAIL | PRINT | FONT + - 
A Senate panel on Wednesday approved a resolution calling for federal action on immigration reform.

SR3, which refers to an "illegal immigration crisis" is a companion to a House resolution and is the second immigration resolution to receive the support of the Senate Government Operations Committee.

Sponsor Mark Madsen, R-Lehi, amended the resolution to remove wording that would have urged Congress to put a moratorium on guest worker legislation until illegal immigration is brought under control.

It was also amended to remove references to an "invasion" after Sen. Scott McCoy, D-Salt Lake, raised concerns about the language, saying "I don't thing it's a correct characterization."

The bill now moves to the Senate.

Recent comments

Why the waste of time? Hatch and Bennett have already said at least 5...

Anonymous | Feb. 21, 2008 at 8:01 a.m.

The federal government will not do anything to stop this "invasion"....

Leslie L. | Feb. 20, 2008 at 9:53 p.m.

previousnext

Latest comments

I looked at the Bing satellite map and I'm frankley not impressed with the...

Police would not have charged this man without enough evidence to do so....

Re: Paul Harkness What? This was a zoning issue, not an "opposition to the...

Anonymous | 1:37 p.m. Dec. 3, 2009 Funny coming from someone who never...

Sloan gets 1-year extension

All I do is say I am going to cancel my season tickets and it doesn't get put...

lets give them all more money

Thank you Dr. Gardner for the truth. They guy needs to be locked up.

Kirienko at the 4 against LA, he embarrassed Gasol at the European games last...

Classmates mourn crash victim

Yes

"Of course, their real worry is how to wriggle out of their endorsement of...

Advertisements