Utah’s business-first Republicans again voted down a plan to strengthen curbs on employers who want cheap labor by hiring illegal migrants.

The Utah House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee torpedoed HB 294 that would have expanded the use of E-Verify to companies that employ 50 people from the current limit of 150 or more. And this isn’t the first time.

The Utah House blocked a similar bill last year after businesses flooded lawmakers with warnings that their pool of cheap labor would dry up and companies would be hurt.

According to the Salt Lake Tribune , the committee didn’t hear from anyone in opposition to this year’s bill. But…

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