Utah County and Utah State Republican Paltforms on Immigration

 Much of the debate this convention will be on HB 116.  These are the current Utah County and State Republican Platforms.

Utah County Republican Platform
We support reforming the immigration system to ensure that it is legal, safe, orderly and humane.  We also support measures to ensure that the immigration system is structured to address the needs of national security. We support efforts to enforce the law while welcoming immigrants who enter America through legal avenues.  America is a stronger and better nation because of the hard work and entrepreneurial spirit of immigrants.  We support the Constitutional mandate for the federal government to protect and secure our national borders.  Taxpayers should not be covering state benefits for illegal aliens.

Utah Republican Platform
 America is a stronger and better nation because of the hard work and entrepreneurial spirit of legal immigrants, and the Republican Party honors them.  We believe that control of our borders is an urgent national security interest and our national sovereignty depends on those secure borders
We oppose illegal immigration and all forms of amnesty, or legal status, for illegal immigrants.  We support suspending automatic U.S. citizenship to children born to illegal immigrant parents.  We oppose granting government benefits to those illegally present in the US.  We oppose any temporary or “guest” worker program that would offer an automatic path to citizenship. We believe that the current laws against employing illegal immigrants should be vigorously enforced, particularly to stem the now too common crime of identity theft in obtaining employment.