Pro-amnesty Utah Republican introduces last-ditch bill to import more migrants

Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) is demanding more migrants.

A new bill from Curtis and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), the State Sponsored Visa Pilot Program Act of 2026, would allow states to circumvent federal immigration law to import foreign workers. As an amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act, the bill aims to allow migrants and their families to secure state-sponsored visas for three-year terms.

‘Hispanic businesses disproportionately operate in industries that heavily rely on immigrant labor.’

Utah wanted to implement a similar state-level migrant worker visa policy in 2011, when President Barack Obama was still in his first term. The state even sought “waivers” from the federal government to do so, but federal approval never materialized.

“Utah employers tell me time and again how difficult it’s become to find