UT: Republican delegates pass anti-guest worker resolution

Sandy • They arrived with steely resolve, some
wearing blue T-shirts festooned with buttons that implored their fellow
Republican delegates to honor the Constitution and reject Utah’s
guest-worker law.

They left with smiles and a sense of confidence that their desire to
repeal HB116 through a resolution was on track and that those who
supported the guest-worker measure needed to follow their lead either in
a special session or during the next legislative session.

It was the immigration showdown at the Republican State Party
Convention, and Saturday’s vote on the resolution was close enough that
Convention Chairwoman Enid Greene Mickelsen needed to call for a
standing count among the 1,572 delegates remaining at the end of a long
day to determine the resolution’s outcome.

“This is Rocky Ridge,” Mickelsen said. “This is the hardest pull on our journey today. I know emotions are running high.”

So was tension.

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