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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.
While the governor huddled on Tuesday with dozens of lawmakers and advocates on both sides of the immigration issues, history already shows what has worked, what hasn't, and how the country reached the state it's in today. "It is a cyclical process," said Charlie Morgan, a BYU professor of sociology with an emphasis on immigration.
WEST VALLEY CITY -- Economists agree deporting all 12 million illegal immigrants would affect the U.S. economy, which is still struggling out of recession. But is that because illegal immigration benefits our economy or because illegal immigration hurts our economy? The answer to both is yes.
A powerful Republican state senator said Monday he plans to sponsor legislation creating a one-of-a-kind Utah guest-worker card for immigrants. In doing so, Sen. Howard Stephenson will challenge federal authority as sole enforcer of immigration law and present a business-backed alternative to Arizona-style reform.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Minuteman Project said Monday that it may oust its founder, Alex Segura, for appearing last week with Tony Yapias, an activist who is a voice for illegal immigrants, in a joint appeal for calm in the immigration debate. However, after issuing a press conference announcing plans for impeachment, UMP chairman Eli Cawley later said he and Segura talked on the phone, made personal amends, and sa…
SALT LAKE CITY — As Gov. Gary Herbert is set to convene an immigration reform summit today, five to eight more state workers are under investigation for a breach of state databases used to compile a list of alleged illegal immigrants. Last week, Herbert announced that two Department of Workforce Services employees had used confidential state data to help with the lists. They have been placed on administrative leave.
OGDEN -- Hispanic youths account for more than 50 percent of juvenile crimes in Ogden, a rate more than double their percentage of the population, according to statistics provided by the Ogden Police Department. The rate of crimes committed by Hispanic youths is disproportionate to the percentage of Hispanics living in the city, Police Chief Jon Greiner said. The 2000 census reports that Latinos comprise 23.6 percent…
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - Workforce Services completed its interviews Monday afternoon with up to 10 employees suspected of being involved in the theft of personal data that was used in the creation of the list of supposed illegal immigrants in Utah.
Mike Murphy, the successful and shrewd Republican media strategist, is a heretic within his own party. Sensitive to the near-universal reverence Republicans of all ages pay to the legacy and presidency of Ronald Reagan, Murphy bluntly warns his fellow GOPers that -- given the profound, and continuing, demographic changes over the past three decades -- Ronald Reagan would have a tough time beating Jimmy Carter today.
DOUGLAS, Ariz. -- The controversy over immigration in Utah has its roots in Arizona -- a state that is on the front line of illegal immigration. We cannot understand our own debate until we better understand the one there. Living near the border
PHOENIX — The controversy over immigration in Utah has its roots in Arizona — which has become the front line in the fight against illegal immigration. Near Douglas, Ariz., Border Patrol agents watch the porous line that runs east and west as far as the eye can see. This stretch has a new barricade at 3 million dollars a mile replacing the fence that was there.
Tony Yapias, director of Proyecto Latino, says some days he wants to walk away from speaking out on behalf of illegal immigrants because of all the hate mail and threats. "I wonder if I am putting my family at too much risk," he said. "Then, a family comes to talk to me with tears in their eyes and asks for help. Then, I remember why I do this."
OREM — It's hard to ignore the giant American bison head hanging in the entrance of Rep. Stephen Sandstrom's Orem office. It's a deep chocolate brown, shaggy yet majestic, and it's one of about a dozen animals pinned to the white walls in a careful line — a stark contrast to the computers and keyboards framed within their gaze. Down the hall, Sandstrom points out a few other prize possessions, displayed in his office…
Archie Archuleta first came to Utah to work in 1953, a year before the federal government began rounding up undocumented immigrants in the sweeping “Operation Wetback.” More than a million people, immigrants and their family members alike, were rounded up and deported in the months-long operation, and tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands more reportedly fled back across the border to Mexico.
SALT LAKE CITY -- A law set to take effect in Arizona next week has rekindled a debate that affects every American and anyone who would become an American. It has managed to divide our nation and our state into two general camps -- one which believes our borders are there to protect a way of life; another which believes there should be no hard borders for those who strive honestly for freedom and opportunity.
Elected leaders, law enforcement officials and media outlets in Utah received an extensive list compiled by an anonymous group naming 1,300 purported illegal immigrants living in the state. The list had surprising details, including addresses, telephone numbers, birth dates and even some Social Security numbers. It also identified pregnant women, adding their due dates.