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Bishop, Cannon back immigration bill
The Secure America through Verification and Enforcement Act, HR4088, would bolster border security and interior enforcement, as well as require employers to use a federal system to check new hires' work eligibility.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is not scheduling the bill for a vote. However, a petition is circulating to force debate on the floor. It needs the support of 218 representatives, and as of midday Thursday, Reps. Chris Cannon and Rob Bishop, both R-Utah, were among 169 mostly GOP lawmakers who had signed on.
Cannon said Thursday that he's "pleased to add my name to those calling for securing the border" after receiving assurances the issue of religious missions would be addressed.
"The church is concerned that one provision of this new bill would substantially weaken a law Congress passed in 2005 to protect the missionary and ministry programs of the churches," M. Kenneth Bowler, director of public and international affairs for the LDS Church in Washington, D.C., said in a statement. "The church has taken no position on the numerous other provisions in the bill."
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