Immigration Politics - Utah: Sandstrom unveils changes to immigration bill

Another politicians backs off in the face of reality.

Sandstrom unveils changes to immigration bill | The Salt Lake Tribune: "Rep. Stephen Sandstrom unveiled the latest changes to his enforcement-only immigration bill Thursday — the most significant of which gives local police discretion whether to run legal status checks on people detained for minor offenses.

The change came about after local governments balked at the fiscal note on HB70, which estimated the cost of enforcing it at between $5.3 million and $11.3 million. The Orem Republican said by giving police the choice of running legal status checks on those pulled over for Class B or C misdemeanors, it will “significantly lower” the fiscal note."