Read the comments at the link. Boy, the Idaho people are steaming! I listen to the Nate Shelman radio show today and he had Raul Labrador on there. He's one of our state legislatore and also an immigration attorney. The callers were frying him, they were so mad.


Immigration bill on hold in Idaho Senate committee

By Brian Murphy - bmurphy@idahostatesman.com
Published: 03/16/09

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A bill that would suspend licenses for businesses that knowingly employ illegal immigrants will not get a committee hearing in the Idaho Senate.

Sen. Mike Jorgensen, R-Hayden Lake, proposed the bill, which was printed Monday morning. But Senate state affairs chairman Curt McKenzie will not put the bill on his committee’s agenda.

It is the chairman’s discretion as to what proposed legislation goes on the agenda.

“There’s considerable concern among the agricultural community as well as business groups about the level of the penalties that could be put against a business,â€