Law on illegal immigration touted in Utah - (like Oklahoma’s)

Posted on: October 3rd, 2007
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“A Washington County lawmaker wants Utah to pass a law modeled after one of the nation’s toughest state laws aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration.

Sen. Bill Hickman, R-St. George, has opened a bill file called “Illegal Immigration” and plans to introduce the measure during the 2008 legislative session.

He said the bill, still being drafted, will be patterned after a law passed in Oklahoma earlier this year. The Oklahoma law includes methods to keep undocumented immigrants from obtaining jobs or public benefits. It also creates a felony for harboring or transporting an undocumented immigrant, punishable by at least one year in prison or a minimum $1,000 fine.”

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