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Utah’s attorney general, Mark Shurtleff, acknowledged that the proposed waiver does not exist in federal immigration law. “It’s a federal crime to employ an illegal alien,” he said in an interview. “I don’t know how you get a waiver for a federal 2011 Coach Outlet Store crime. I’m going to try. But it’s definitely an uphill battle.” Those two measures venture into terrain generally reserved for federal immigration authorities and are likely to draw legal challenges from advocacy groups, although they appear less likely to be challenged by the Obama administration. Utah’s third new immigration law creates a labor commission to work with Nuevo León State in Mexico to bring laborers to Utah through existing federal coach outlet bags guest worker programs. Mr. Shurtleff, who is a Republican, was the force behind that law. The initiatives had the support of Utah businesses and law enforcement agencies. In a national meeting of attorneys general last week, Mr. Shurtleff unveiled a proposal for a “national compact” to serve as a model for immigration legislation in Congress, based on Utah’s approach of enforcement measures paired with an opening to legal status for illegal workers. In Texas, the biggest news from the immigration debate was a bill by State Representative Debbie Riddle, a Republican. Her legislation would penalize employers hiring illegal immigrants, with an exception for family households employing baby sitters or gardeners. Immigrant groups and Democrats accused Ms. Riddle of hypocrisy, saying coach backpacks she wanted to deport illegal immigrants, except for her friends’ nannies. Dan Frosch contributed reporting.