Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune Sen. Allen Christensen, R-North Ogden, during the morning session at the Utah Capitol Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015.
“Sen. Allen Christensen says he is withdrawing legislation that sought to require legal immigrants to reside in the state five years before they could qualify for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). He had said his SB48 aimed to encourage self-reliance and to curb creeping ‘socialism.’ But critics called it a mean-spirited attack against new legal immigrants, who are mostly Latino.“
“ This country was founded on the principle that every person deserves a safe haven.
