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GOP Sen. John Curtis Unveils State-Run Visa Scheme Offering Amnesty To Illegals
Daily Caller ^ | August 3, 2026 | Mark Tanos

Posted on 08/03/2026 9:16:38 PM PDT by chickenlips

Republican Utah Sen. John Curtis introduced a bill this week that would let states run their own migrant worker visa programs, with a legal-status pathway for some illegal immigrants tucked inside.

Curtis rolled out the legislation Monday alongside Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, according to the Deseret News. The measure would let state legislatures build voluntary visa programs sized to local labor demand, a reworking of federal immigration law that, according to the outlet, mirrors a 2011 Utah guest-worker proposal Washington never signed off on.

The bill contains language the Deseret News described as a possible pathway to legal residency for illegal immigrants who have been in the United States since Dec. 31, 2016. Those individuals would submit to a background check and pay a $1,000 penalty to qualify, the outlet reported. (RELATED: Conservative Leaders Call GOP-Led Amnesty Bill ‘Betrayal’ To Voters)

Under the framework, the Immigration and Nationality Act would gain a new nonimmigrant category covering workers and investors, plus their spouses and any children under 18, for terms lasting up to three years, according to the Deseret News. States would write their own rules on employment and residence with sign-off from the Department of Homeland Security, and visa holders would be barred from federal means-tested benefits.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: amnesty; failuretheater; immigration; rino; rinosurrendermonkeys; visas

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The GOPee loves them some illegals.

Utah, you have a problem that you need to fix in the next primary.

1 posted on 08/03/2026 9:16:38 PM PDT by chickenlips
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The backstabbing from the RINO establishment knows no bounds.
2 posted on 08/03/2026 9:19:33 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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Most people in Utah are members of the LDS cult, where they must constantly bring in "recruits". Illegal little dark people are their current favorite.

3 posted on 08/03/2026 9:23:45 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: chickenlips

What an asshole


4 posted on 08/03/2026 9:40:39 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Curtis is LDS/Mormon. Doesn’t like Trump. Consistently sides with RINOs like Colllins, Murkovsky, McConnell, and dems.

Every politician from Utah is in the cult. Ever since Joe Smith found his ‘golden plates’ and met God and Jesus.

If I offend mormons with my comments? Good.

I have never met a mormon in my life that wouldn’t shake your hand and stab you in the back at the same time.

I trust muslims over mormons every day.


5 posted on 08/03/2026 9:58:35 PM PDT by KitJ (Shall not be infringed...)
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You are a sick cookie. A Muslim would gladly behead you; a Mormon would not. Just for starters.


6 posted on 08/03/2026 10:25:30 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys many aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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"You are a sick cookie. A Muslim would gladly behead you; a Mormon would not. Just for starters."

Sick cookie or not, at least I know the muslim wants to kill me at any time given the chance. The mormon will fake kindness and then put a knife in my back when least expected.

This is simply my life experience. You are welcome to disagree.

7 posted on 08/03/2026 10:45:41 PM PDT by KitJ (Shall not be infringed...)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Unfortunately, you are correct. Curtis’s job as was Mitt Romney’s job to have open borders to insurea constant flow of potential Mormons. Curtis’s beliefs and resulting ads on tv in Utah are as left-wing as you can get—pro climate change agenda, Data centers, migrant stuff, etc. Curtis is worse than the worst Dem and hates Trump. No wonder he is teaming up with Mark Kelly-lots of Mormons in Northern AZ (and Jeff Flake before him).
This is so disturbing and must be stopped.


8 posted on 08/03/2026 11:16:21 PM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact.)
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This republican will get re-elected.

They always do.

The voters are asleep.


9 posted on 08/03/2026 11:31:41 PM PDT by ProgressingAmerica (The U.S. Constitution is not a suicide pact. Progressivism is a suicide pact.)
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To: vivenne
Mormons are all grifters. They always have some hustle or pyramid multi-level marketing scheme going on. There was one mormon huckstre on TV recently marketing something called "The Patch". It's a piece of plastic which you glue onto your body, and it catches all the electricity in the air and rechannels it back into your body. It's supposed to cure EVERYTHING. No wires. No batteries. Magic.

10 posted on 08/03/2026 11:36:42 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: chickenlips

Another RINO communist sympathizer comes out of the closet...


11 posted on 08/03/2026 11:51:10 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: chickenlips

Disgusting rino.


12 posted on 08/04/2026 12:04:13 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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Have to have that cheap labor!


13 posted on 08/04/2026 2:33:40 AM PDT by brooklin
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“Republican Utah Sen. John Curtis introduced a bill this week that would let states run their own migrant worker visa programs, with a legal-status pathway for some illegal immigrants tucked inside.”

A traitor if true.


14 posted on 08/04/2026 3:29:50 AM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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What a HORSE’S ASS!!! WTH is going on in UTAH?? INBREEDING?


15 posted on 08/04/2026 3:33:25 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Blacks vote for Blacks.....Women vote for women.....Mormons vote for Mormons.


16 posted on 08/04/2026 3:35:25 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: chickenlips

Just like Mike Mumbai Lee who was a H1 Visa Lobbyist who
sold out all American workers without care .

These Mormons are traitors to the USA for a Buck.


17 posted on 08/04/2026 3:40:02 AM PDT by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil )
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The measure would let state legislatures build voluntary visa programs sized to local labor demand

So I guess every democrat state would say they need millions of illegals to fit their demand.


18 posted on 08/04/2026 3:59:54 AM PDT by Ouch (The only way three people keep a secret is if two of them are dead.)
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His idea is cute, but I think the Supremacy Clause might have something to say about that.

Curtis could wave his bedazzled magic wand and say, “BAM! You’re legal.” In-state he could pretend it’s a thing, but pertaining to the whole USA it would be a joke.


19 posted on 08/04/2026 4:02:22 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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“Blacks vote for Blacks.....Women vote for women.....Mormons vote for Mormons.”

2/3 true. The women in my orbit almost never vote for women. And Marsha Blackburn is the next woman I won’t be voting for. (Unless she wins the Primary, in which case I’ll vote against the RAT.)


20 posted on 08/04/2026 4:09:59 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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