SALT LAKE CITY — A Hispanic advocacy group gathered on the steps of the State Capitol Wednesday to encourage Latinos to vote in the upcoming elections. \"It is the right to vote that allows us to determine to a certain degree our own future by electing officials who reflect our views and will speak for us in government,\" said Sabrina Morales, the executive director of the group, Communities United. \"By not voting we are abdicating our right to influence government and allowing the will of others, whose opinions may be contrary to our own to prevail.\"

SALT LAKE CITY — Antonio Tinti, an American by choice, not chance, sits behind the desk of the trucker-training school he owns while his son Anthony and brother Henry go in and out with paperwork that needs attention.

The Utah Attorney General’s Office has begun a criminal investigation into two women accused of cobbling together a list of 1,300 Utah residents purportedly in the country illegally. One of those women is Teresa Bassett, a 15-year state employee and computer specialist, The Salt Lake Tribune has learned from sources aware of her identity who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Most of the names on a controversial list of alleged undocumented immigrants are of people legally receiving benefits or the parents of American-born children receiving benefits, officials said Wednesday. As U.S. citizens, the children are eligible for benefits such as food stamps or the updated form of welfare known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

SALT LAKE CITY -- A majority of Utahns believe that immigrants here illegally are prone to criminal activity. An exclusive poll for KSL by Dan Jones and Associates shows 62 percent of Utahns \"definitely\" or \"probably\" agree that illegal immigrants are responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime.

Gov. Gary Herbert\'s immigration summit was a good start to addressing a highly complex issue. The 31 community leaders who participated in Tuesday\'s two-hour meeting did not achieve consensus. They did, however, bring to the table their respective points of view in a civil manner.

Those wishing to contribute to the legal defense fund for SB 1070 are encouraged by Gov. Jan Brewer to visit the website www.keepazsafe.com, an Internet page that might lead viewers to ask, “What part of geography doesn\'t the governor understand?”

Gov. Gary Herbert said Tuesday that two state workers were responsible for compiling and distributing a list of personal information of 1,300 purported illegal immigrants, and that both would be fired. State officials had been investigating as many as 10 employees for possible involvement, but nobody else will face disciplinary action.

SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Gary Herbert joked that a power outage that hit the state Capitol just before his immigration reform summit began on Tuesday may have been a symbol of where debate had been so far — people left in the dark — and (without air conditioning) the topic was literally a hot one.

It might be the federal government’s fault, but what the state can — or, more important, should — do to address illegal immigration boiled down Tuesday to two seemingly conflicting philosophies during Gov. Gary Herbert’s immigration summit.

The scheme to methodically crack into state databases and compile a list of 1,300 Utah residents purportedly in the country illegally was limited to two state workers, Gov. Gary Herbert said Tuesday. “It appears the actual act of breaching the database, going through a very sophisticated and methodical approach to breach security protocols, is confined to two people,” Herbert said in an interview.

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) Thousands of illegal immigrants live in Utah. Sometimes, as people debate the social costs and the burden they put on government agencies, they fail to mention how much they contribute to economy of the state. While we are not jumping into the illegal immigration debate - we are asking one question, what would happen if thousands of them were removed from the state?

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) - At the immigration roundtable discussion hosted by Utah Governor Gary Herbert on Tuesday, some suggested a guest worker program might be one solution toward the problem of illegal immigration. The Sutherland Institute, The Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce and Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff have all voiced support for such a program.

SALT LAKE CITY - Utah Sen. Howard Stephenson (R-Draper) says that the state could benefit from proposed immigration reform that would allow certain immigrants a temporary stay to work. Stephenson says that he will sponsor new legislation that will challenge the federal government as the sole enforcer of immigration law. Stephenson says that under the new guest-worker permit system, a immigrant candidate could come to the U.S. for work, given that a cash bond is paid up-front, either by the worker or the potential employer.

SALT LAKE CITY - Governor Gary Herbert convened an historic meeting of state lawmakers and Utah power players to discuss illegal immigration. It came as the state zeroed in on two Department of Workforce Services employees suspected of creating \"The List\" of 1,300 allegedly illegal immigrants. \"Listening leads to understanding and I believe it will lead to finding solutions,\" Herbert said as he opened the conference.

SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Department of Workforce Services has identified and fired two employees it says are responsible for compiling the list of more than 1,300 supposed illegal immigrants and disseminating that list -- along with their personal information -- to the media and law enforcement officials.