Controversial Immigration Bill OK’d

The Senate State Affairs Committee has voted 6-1 to send SB 1271, the last remaining immigration bill this session, to the Senate’s 14th Order for amendment, after a two-hour hearing that drew extensive testimony overwhelmingly opposed to the bill. Among its provisions: Anyone falsifying documents for employment could be sent to prison for 14 years. Numerous people who testified said the immigration legislation has stirred up anti-Hispanic sentiment in their communities. Numerous people who testified said the immigration legislation has stirred up anti-Hispanic sentiment in their communities/ Betsy Russell , Eye On Boise. More here .

Question: Are Idaho legislators sensitive enough to the state’s growing Hispanic community?