"Attempting to round up 12 million people presents serious civil liberties issues, and I doubt most Americans — particularly Utah conservatives — would approve of the process doing so would require. Authorities would still have to have reasonable suspicion or probable cause to inquire as to someone�s status, and without a verifiable identification system, ascertaining someone�s status would be difficult within the legal time frame to hold someone. Once we begin enforcing the law and employers are provided with a legitimate e-verify system, neither workers nor employers will have any excuse or place to hide. This enforcement will do more than any law enforcement agency could do to ameliorate the problem."

3 — Do you favor or oppose some kind of pathway to legal status for the current illegal immigrants?

"I favor a path to legal status for those in this country illegally who have not committed any crimes and are willing to come forward, pay a fine, learn English within a specified period of time, acquire health insurance or establish a funded HSA, and go to the back of the line. The legal status would be temporary and with a verifiable entry/exit ID system, I would also agree to requiring a return to their home country for a period of time before they could apply again to work in the United States."

4 — Utah has a state law that allows children of illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition to public colleges and universities. Do you favor or oppose that law? And do you believe Congress should pass a similar law?

"I believe that decision belongs solely to the Utah legislature. Congress should pass no law mandating, either way, how states should treat children of illegal immigrants vis-a-vis education, and I have sponsored legislation to make that state primacy absolutely clear."

5 — What specifically can you do to make sure Congress comes up with an illegal immigration solution over the next two years of your term?

"On this issue, I have influence on both sides of the debate. As someone who is open to a guest worker program but who also voted for and supports securing the border without exception, I have the credibility to help maneuver the legislation through the legislative process. I can assure wavering members on both sides to support border security and enforcement first, while working to help create a verifiable and stable immigration system. In my time in office and through my years on the Judiciary Committee, I have worked extensively on this issue — much more deeply than the sound-bite level, so when the time is ripe to move the issue forward I can advocate the correct direction we should take and solutions that will actually work. For example, because of the years I have spent on this issue I opposed the Senate Comprehensive Immigration Plan last year not out of emotion but out of fact that it was unworkable and bad policy."