If there was one debate that truly became contentious this year, it was the immigration debate. Representative Sandstrom (R – Orem – District 58) launched the opening salvo by proposing HB 70 – Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act. Although this bill would ultimately fail, its existence created more than enough problems for the legislative session. Despite [...]
Archive for the ‘Immigration’ Category
Bills to Watch: SB 138 – Driver License Qualification Amendments, S. Urquhart
I am truly bothered by the hypocrisy many on the right have towards illegal immigration – and their inability to think through the rhetoric they often spew. Often, they complain that we make it “too easy” to enter the country and that we incentivize people to come here. This argument came up during the initial discussion of driver privilege cards a few years [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 70 – Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act, S. Sandstrom
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is the infamous ”Arizona” immigration law that you have heard so much about. The delay in providing you with such sensationalistic posting is largely due to the fact that I make it a point to actually read a bill before I pass judgment on it. Representative Sandstrom’s (R – Orem – District 58) HB [...]
A Brief Thought On Immigration…
To those of you who think that it is enough to just build a wall and kick em’ out is enough:
Bills to Watch: HB 191 – Nonresident Tuition Waver Amendments, C. Wimmer
Oh, it just wouldn’t be a legislative session without me (and many of us lefty liberal bloggers) frantically mashing our keyboards in disgust of whatever Representative Carl Wimmer (R-Herriman, District 52) pulls out of his magic bag of tricks. Although there are a few floating around, today I am going to discuss HB 191 – [...]
An Honest Question to the Far Right
I have been thinking about the recent uproar surrounding the immigration debate and the anger being generated by the far right about how them illegals are ruining the country – I am looking at you tea-baggers. But, sometimes in the same hate-filled rants, they tout how the free market is the savior of all our [...]
Utah’s Image Problem
Utah as an image problem. For far too long, our state has been viewed as a backwater hole where religious fundamentalism and the problems associated with it rule the day. As a native Utahn, I know that this is not the case, and I don’t know how many times I have heard visitors confide in [...]
Rep. Sandstrom gleefully wants to make Utah look even more backward
You may or may not be following the debate currently taking place in our own back yard. Arizona just passed sweeping immigration legislation that has ruffled a few feathers (to put it mildly). The most controversial provision allows law enforcement to question any individual about their immigration status, regardless of why the officer initially wished [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 230 – Human Trafficking Amendments, J. Fisher
Every year, there are a few no brainer bills that sometimes have the hardest time passing. One example of this is Jen Seelig’s perennial strangulation bills. I hope, hope that Julie Fisher’s (R – Fruit Heights – District 17) HB 230 – Human Trafficking Amendments. This bill is one of those bills that is straight [...]
Mike Noel – Political Opportunist and master of the Stretch
I don’t know why I am surprised whenever Mike Noel (R-Kanab-District 73) opens his mouth, but sure enough, he has done it again. That’s right, when not being anti-woman, anti-environment, and anti-schools, he is also anti-immigration. Ok, I get that, you are a conservative from Southern Utah who is so red that stop signs comment [...]