(Djamila Grossman | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Martin O'Malley of Maryland and Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona, listen to David Aguilar, the Deputy Commissioner of U. S. Customs and Border Protection, during a hearing on homeland security at the National Governors Association annual conference at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Saturday, July 16, 2011.
Utah's model for Guest Workers should be in the spotlight, not under the microscope.
Arizona governor criticizes Utah’s guest-worker law (click title to entry - thank you)
First published Jul 16 2011 06:57PM
Updated Jul 18, 2011 09:49AM
Updated Jul 18, 2011 09:49AM
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer defended that state’s tough immigration law Saturday, saying she thinks it is preferable to the course that Utah took and insisting the state has not suffered an economic backlash from its passage.
“I am very, very supportive and believe Senate Bill 1070 is the right way to go and believe eventually it will be held up as the law,” Brewer said.
Fearing the fallout that Arizona suffered after passing its tough immigration bill, Utah lawmakers opted for a less stringent enforcement bill and included a first-of-its-kind state-based guest-worker bill….
What occurred in Utah were vigilantes took the law into their own hands and victimized vulnerable people with the desired weight of the Utah and Federal government. That is hideous.
Leaking of List of Illegal Immigrants in Utah Terrifies Latino Community (click here)
Utah Approves Guest Worker Program for Illegal Immigrants (click here)
By Devin Dwyer
Leaking of List of Illegal Immigrants in Utah Terrifies Latino Community (click here)
BY David Wright , BONNIE MCLEAN And Jessica Hopper
July 15, 2010
In Utah's Latino community, "The List" is causing a panic.
The 29 page printout includes the names of 1300 Utah residents of Latinodescent with their addresses, phone numbers, workplaces and in some cases social security numbers.
Utah officials said that they have identified at least two state workers who accessed confidential documents that may have been used to create the list. The workers were from the Department of Workforce Services.
A group called Concerned Citizens of the United States mailed the list this week to media outlets and law enforcement agencies demanding the immediate deportation of those named.
"Some of the women on the list are pregnant," the cover letter warned. "And steps should be taken for immediate deportation."
In the letter, the group writes that they "observe these individuals in our neighborhoods, driving on our streets, working in our stores, attending our schools and entering our public welfare buildings."
They go on to write, "They need to go and go now."…
Utah Approves Guest Worker Program for Illegal Immigrants (click here)
By Devin Dwyer
March 7, 2011
Utah could become the first state in the nation with its own guest worker program that would grant permits to undoumented immigrants and allow them to continue living and working in the state legally.
The measure passed the Republican-controlled state legislature late Friday as part of a bipartisan deal that also includes an enforement law, requiring police to check the immigration status of suspects in felony or serious misdemeanor cases.
Republican Gov. Gary Herbert praised lawmakers for crafting a so-called "Utah solution" to the state's illegal immigraiton problem but has not said whether he will sign the bills.
The federal government would need to grant a waiver to allow Utah to permit immigrant workers who would otherwise not be legally present in the United States. Such a waiver would be unprecedented, and it's unclear whether a mechanism exists for the state to request one.
Still, passage of the legislation -- in a red state, in a part of the country most affected by illegal immigration -- is significant….
