Feb 19, 2010
Lawmakers turn down immigration bill

A House committee killed one of three illegal immigration-related bills in the 2010 Legislature, a move that bodes ill for two measures pending in the Senate. The State Affairs Committee shot down a plan from Republican Reps. Raul Labrador and Phil Hart Thursday that could have meant suspending a business's license for a year, if it was caught knowingly hiring illegal workers. Business groups including the Idaho Dairyman's Association and Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry opposed the measure, on grounds it could hurt Idaho's fragile economy and such immigration reforms remain a federal issue. Hart said he was disappointed but suspects the other bills now in the Senate State Affairs Committee ``wouldn't do any better'' than his own on the off-chance they survive the Senate and make it to the House committee.

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