Feel free to comment on articles at the bottom of the page Contents - 1 Trap set for Utah liberals snares conservatives, too
- 2 Utah Mother Struggles to Protect Her Son's Identity
- 3 Enforce E-Verify; it’s time to provide penalties
- 4 Utah hotel loses dozens of employees after ICE audit
- 5 Identity theft involving children is a growing crime
- 6 Immigration raid nets 3,100 across nation, 54 in Utah
- 7 First United Methodist bans term ‘illegal immigrant’ as ‘dehumanizing’
- 8 Salt Lake County toughens E-Verify requirement
- 9 Apply for a WVC business license, get asked about workers’ status
- 10 E-Verify law kicks in for Washington County employers
- 11 Representative Oda urges U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Arizona Immigration Law
- 12 Grand America audit finds undocumented workers
- 13 Will Romney Play the Illegal Immigration Card against Perry?
- 14 Utah’s Deseret News: Mean-Spirited Hypocrisy
- 15 Group pushing initiative to punish businesses that hire illegals
- 16 UCOII (Utah Coalition On Illegal Immigration) New Website: Repeal HB116
- 17 Guest-worker plan critic apologizes for ‘traitors’ comment
- 18 Republican delegates pass anti-guest worker resolution
- 19 Utah Republicans should unite against HB116
- 20 Washington County Adopts ‘Support Platform / Repeal HB 116′ Resolution
- 21 Utah lawmaker to propose bill that mirrors Arizona’s E-verify law
- 22 High court sustains Arizona employer sanctions measure
- 23 Utah County GOP asks Legislature to repeal guest worker bill
- 24 UtahAlien Has Several new posts
- 25 Guest worker law opponent says it could aid terrorists
- 26 Sutherland Institute takes aim at 'right-wing extremism' in illegal immigration debate
- 27 Raids break up alleged illegal documents ring
- 28 Utah County Republicans pass resolution to repeal HB116
- 29 Utahns launch website to repeal guest-worker law
- 30 Anti-illegal immigration group targets Hatch
- 31 False hope on road to deportation
- 32 Utah Legislative Leaders & Special Interests Force Through Amnesty/Guestworker Program
- 33 Lawmakers say omnibus immigration bill is wrong choice
- 34 Senator Luz Robles
- 35 Sandstrom’s immigration bill clears House
- 36 House committee backs ending tuition discount
- 37 Number of Illegal Aliens Increasing
- 38 The Man Behind Utah Immigration Bill
- 39 Summary of Rep. Sandstrom's (UT-IIEA) Utah Illegal Enforcement Act
- 40 Rep. Stephen Sandstrom (R-Orem) on, "Why Address Illegal Immigration?"
- 41 Mike Lee, Utah Republican U.S. Senate candidate gets it right on illegal immigration
- 42 Utah lawmaker joins anti-birthright citizenship group
- 43 Salt Lake City man might've stolen child's SSN
- 44 Man charged with murdering Millard County deputy was angry he was pulled over
- 45 July 2010 Everify List Now Available
- 46 Guv’s handling of ‘The List’ draws fire
- 47 Mystery group lists 1,300 in Utah it claims are undocumented immigrants
- 48 (FAIR) The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers (including Utahns)
- 49 Undocumented immigrants lose government food aid
- 50 Cherilyn Eagar:Arizona immigration law is a decisive constitutional lesson
- 51 Utah Rep. Stephen Sandstrom plans to continue with immigration bill
- 52 Sutherland Institute Presents the Utah Amnesy Plan
- 53 Utah among 18 states aiming to copy Arizona immigration law
- 54 Police chief, lawmakers trade barbs over illegal immigration
- 55 Citizens upset with undocumented workers' access to aid
- 56 Fewer food stamps for families with undocumented immigrants?
- 57 National poll on Arizona immigration law echoes Utah's results
- 58 GOP convention agenda includes two anti-Bennett items
- 59 Crime rates of undocumented immigrants spark debate between lawmakers, police chief
- 60 Mormons on both sides in immigration controversy
- 61 Lawmaker wants to bring Arizona immigration law to Utah
- 62 New Arizona Law Puts Pressure on Utah
- 63 Utah activist Tony Yapias(Utah Race baiter) warns against Arizona travel
- 64 Arizona immigration law puts pressure on Utah to implement SB251
- 65 Specturm Sides with Arizon on Illegal Immigration
- 66 Arizona Illegal Immigration Law May Impact Utah
- 67 West Valley City may ask business owners to prove citizenship, legal residency
- 68 State agencies ignoring new immigration law
- 69 Utah Legislature: Lawmakers want all businesses to verify workers' legal status
- 70 Lawmaker: Budget woes mean in-state tuition goes
- 71 Oklahoma ruling could affect Utah immigration law
- 72 Rep Rob Bishop at the Border
- 73 Rep. Jason Chaffetz seeks tough approach on illegal immigration
- 74 Man in pharmacy scheme released to immigration officials
- 75 2 Illegal Aliens arrested in Millard deputy slaying;
- 76 Attorneys given more time in immigration law case
- 77 Utah's Driving Privilege Card presents dilemma for illegal aliens and employers
- 78 Immigration: Is SB 81 being ignored?
- 79 Suspected immigrant smuggler rolls van
- 80 Strike force focused on illegal immigrants releases results
- 81 The Deseret News Continues to Enable Illegal Immigration by Supporting In-state Tuition Waiver
- 82 'Comprehensive Immigration Reform' – Mean-Spirited and Cruel
- 83 Salt Lake County and Deseret News Attack SB-81
- 84 76 arrested in statewide gang sweep
- 85 Fairness focus of immigration debate
- 86 Bishop says yes to tourists, no to illegal immigration
- 87 Census chief: Bennett's immigration bill not practical
- 88 ICE refuses to cross-deputize Davis County deputies
- 89 Utah Congressional Delegation Ratings
- 90 Provo lawmaker a fierce defender of state's new immigration laws
- 91 Word from Senator Greiner on SB-81 and illegal immigration
- 92 Chaffetz: No citizenship for undocumented parents' babies
- 93 E-Verify list for Utah employers now available
- 94 Utah immigration law under fire even before it's on the books
- 95 Emotions run hot during SB81 discussion
- 96 CCOII Report on Illegal Alien Cost in St. George
- 97 businesses wrongly classify workers to avoid payroll taxes
SL Tribune May 18, 2012
Longtime candidate and political activist Merrill Cook will appear
Monday at the Utah Supreme Court to argue that laws making it more
difficult to get an initiative on the ballot have violated the rights of
his group, which wants to punish business owners who hire undocumented
immigrants. READ THE ARTICLE
KUER Local News May 2, 2012 But according to the state
department of Workforce Services, Carter already has a job. In fact, he
was working before he was born. That's what Carter's mother Jennifer
Andrushko discovered when she applied for Medicaid in 2009. She found
out that someone had been using Carter's number since 2001.READ THE ARTICLE
SL Tribune April 13, 2012 (Editor's Note: The SL Tribune has changed it's opinion about E-Verify) For two years, Utah law has required employers with 15 or more workers
to use E-Verify, but there is no penalty for a violation. As the Stein
Eriksen case illustrates, there should be a penalty. Otherwise employers
will simply ignore the law. READ THE EDITORIAL
April 11, 2012 SL Tribune One of Park City’s largest employers, the Stein Eriksen Lodge, recently
lost about 10 percent of its work force of more than 580 after a federal
audit found those employees were ineligible to work in the United
States. READ THE ARTICLE.
SL Tribune April 7, 2011
(Editor note: The Tribune fails not note that the SSNs of children are primarily stolen for the purpose of employment and generally by illegal aliens)
In the past five years, the Utah Attorney General’s online Identity
Theft Reporting Information System has received more than 3,000 reports
of ID theft — about 67 percent of which involved Social Security numbers
belonging to children.READ THE ARTICLE SL Tribune April 2, 2012 A six-day national "Cross Check" enforcement operation led to the arrest
of more than 3,100 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and
immigration violators — including 108 individuals in Utah, Nevada,
Idaho and Montana, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
announced Monday. READ THE ARTICLESL Tribune March 21, 1011 Editior Note: (Changing the vocabulary and terminology doesn't change the underlying problems of illegal immigration.)
Ron Mortensen said those fighting over the terminology are using it for ulterior motives."It’s another way to define people who oppose
illegal immigration as bigoted, racist or otherwise," Mortensen said.
"Because when you use the legally correct term, they don’t like it. It’s
all gamesmanship and part of a public relations campaign." READ THE ARTICLE
SL Tribune March 6, 2012 (Editor note: This is a small step but it is in the right direction. It was brought about by the CATSUP Crusaders and those gathering signatures for the SL County Lawful Employment Ordinance) In the future, applicants for business licenses in unincorporated Salt
Lake County will have to provide written assurance that they have used
E-Verify to guarantee the legal working status of their employees. READ THE ARTICLE
SL Tribune Dec 20, 2011 West Valley City • City Council members on Tuesday unanimously approved
modifying business license applications to ask applicants if they plan
to use a status verification program to ensure their hires are legally
allowed to work in the United States. READ THE ARTICLE SL Tribune Dec 16 2011 Businesses licensed through Washington County will be required to
register with the federal government’s E-Verify program beginning
Saturday — making the county the first in Utah to put such an ordinance
into effect. READ THE ARTICLE.
Salt Lake Examiner September 12, 2011 by: Ron Mortensen Representative Curtis Oda of Utah has joined other state legislators and non-profit organizations in an amicus brief
that supports Arizona’s request for the U.S. Supreme Court to review
the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision on Arizona’s immigration
enforcement law. READ THE ARTICLE
SL Tribune Sept. 2, 2011 The Grand America Hotel will oust workers who couldn’t provide legal
documentation to work in the United States in order to comply with a
U.S. Department of Homeland Security audit that began in October, hotel
officials said Wednesday. READ THE ARTICLECenter for Immigration Studies (CIS) August 31, 2011 by Ron Mortensen Editor Note: Ron Mortensen is the chairman of UCOII (Utah Coalition on Illegal Immigration) Could immigration be the ace in the hole Romney needs to defeat Perry? A
look at their records would appear to give Romney a huge edge if he
chooses to make illegal immigration a key issue; however, as a Mormon,
Romney would have to go against his Church's recently voiced support for illegal aliens. READ THE ARTICLE
SL Examiner July 27,2011 The LDS Church owned Deseret News’ hypocrisy came shining through in a recent editorial that criticized Brandon Beckham for use of the term “traitor’ even though a full apology had been issued seven hours prior to the time the editorial was posted to the Deseret News’ website. Read the Article
Provo Daily Herald July 12, 2011
PROVO -- A group of
Utahns are working to pass a petition initiative that would give the
Utah County government the ability to revoke business licenses from
companies that fail to use the e-verify system. READ THE ARTICLE If you want to get involved in this project contact ufire2@gmail.com
The Utah Coalition on Illegal Immigration (UCOII)
has posted a website for those interested in fighting against the new
Utah Amnesty and Sanctuary Bill, HB116. We suggest that you sign the
petition and join in. opposition. http://repeal116.com/SL Tribune July 22, 2011 Editor's Note "Traitor" may have been a little harsh and not politically correct, but to me it is close to accurate. A key leader in the move to repeal Utah’s guest worker immigration law
apologized Friday to lawmakers he labeled “traitors” for drafting and
supporting the measure, saying it was “a poor choice of words.” READ THE ARTICLE
SL Tribune June 18, 2011
Sandy • They arrived with steely resolve, some wearing blue T-shirts
festooned with buttons that implored their fellow Republican delegates
to honor the Constitution and reject Utah’s guest-worker law. They left
with smiles and a sense of confidence that their desire to repeal HB116
through a resolution was on track and that those who supported the
guest-worker measure needed to follow their lead either in a special
session or during the next legislative session. READ THE ARTICLE
SL Tribune June 15, 2011
As expected, supporters of House Bill 116 launched a campaign to fight
Republican delegates who, through their effort to repeal the law, are
defending the U.S. Constitution and Republican immigration platforms.
The opposition has lost the argument with little to stand on. READ THE ARTICLE
At Saturday’s Washington County Republican Party convention in St.
George, County Delegates overwhelmingly adopted the resolution entitled
“’Repeal 116′: A Resolution in Support of the National and State
Republican Party Illegal Immigration Platforms”. READ THE ARTICLE
SL Tribune May 27 2011
Rep. Stephen Sandstrom on Friday proposed a Utah version of a newly
upheld 2007 Arizona law requiring businesses to use a federal
verification program to screen for undocumented immigrants applying for
jobs The Orem Republican, who had been sitting on the bill, said
Thursday’s 5-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision settled the question of
constitutionality. READ THE ARTICLE
SL Tribune May 26, 2011
(Editor Note: This change is huge)
Washington • The Supreme Court upheld an Arizona law Thursday that
penalizes businesses for hiring workers who are in the United States
illegally, rejecting arguments that states have no role in immigration
matters. READ THE ARTICLE
SPANISH FORK -- Utah County Republican delegates approved a resolution
on Saturday calling for the repeal of Utah’s comprehensive immigration
bill. Read the Article
"Fiscal Note Fiasco" discusses the apparent inequities in determining the cost and benefits of proposed legislation. "Food Labor Cost" reports on the facts and myths behind the labor portion of food. Two other articles discuss Instate Tuition for illegal aliens and so-called Guest workers. The post "NEW SL Tribune May 6, 2011 A leading opponent of illegal immigration cautioned on his Facebook page
Friday that Utah’s freshly-minted guest worker law creates a loophole
that would’ve allowed 9/11 hijackers to live legally in the state by
paying a simple fine. READ THE ARTICLE
SL Tribune April 14, 2011 (Editor's Note: It takes an extremist to know one) A conservative Utah think tank is taking on "right-wing extremism" in an
updated essay reflective of its experiences in the recent legislative
debate on illegal immigration. READ THE ARTICLESL Tribune April 14, 2011 A month-long, joint state-federal investigation has led to the arrests
of three undocumented immigrants (aka illegal aliens) alleged to be ringleaders in documents
forgery ring, and more arrests are expected. READ THE ARTICLE
KSL April 30, 2011
SPANISH FORK — To cheers, jeers and rowdy applause, Utah County Republicans approved a resolution to repeal the controversial HB116 — the guest worker immigration bill — by a vote of 443 to 365. READ THE ARTICLE
SL Tribune March 30, 2010
Opponents of Utah’s new guest-worker law launched a website Wednesday seeking to repeal it. The website, www.repeal116.com,
features a petition for people to sign, and the site’s creators say it
was set up because they "reject it [HB116] as a national model for
immigration reform." READ THE ARTICLE
SL Tribune March 14, 2011 (Editor Note) The temperature in the teapot rises in D.C. Chaffetz opposes HB116 but Hatch straddles the fence.
Washington • An anti-illegal immigration group angered over Utah
legislation to create a state-based guest-worker program is taking out
its angst against someone who didn’t write it, vote on it and says he
has no position on it: Sen. Orrin Hatch. READ THE ARTICLE
SL Tribune March 12, 2012
So what, then, do these permits accomplish? They lull the immigrants
into a false sense of security leading to their removal from the United
States. If these permits are issued, then HB116 is nothing more than a
veiled use of trickery to deport individuals and families. READ THE ARTICLE
Center for Immigration Studies,
By Ronald W. Mortensen, March 8, 2011
The supporters of illegal immigration led by the Salt Lake Chamber of
Commerce, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), and the
Utah agriculture industry expressed horror at the prospect of Utah
following Arizona's lead and a short time later brought out the Utah Compact,
which was designed to defuse enforcement efforts and to protect illegal
aliens and their employers. The Compact was signed by community and
business leaders in a highly publicized ceremony. READ THE ARTICLEDaily Herald March 1, 2011
A group of Utah lawmakers and
citizens don't like Sen. Curt Bramble's comprehensive immigration
bill. READ THE ARTICLE
Does Utah state Senator Luz Robles Represent Utah, or Does She Have a Conflict of Interest? You Decide. The
goal of this document is to accurately convey Ms. Robles' activities
and to place the decision for further research or action into your
hands. Any misinterpretations of Senator Robles' actions or views or
that of the CCIME are unintentional. Read the Document
SL Tribune Feb 18, 2011
Rep. Stephen Sandstrom stood for two hours Friday while his fellow
House legislators debated, changed, questioned and struggled with his
enforcement-only immigration bill that had waited 10 months for this
moment. And when it passed 58-15, he smiled and still didn’t sit down.
Instead, he was quickly encircled by TV cameras and fellow lawmakers —
peppered with questions and sought out for handshakes. READ THE ARTICLE
Feb. 18, 2011 SL Tribune
After emotional pleas from both sides, a House committee voted 10-5
Friday to repeal resident tuition for state college students who are in
the country illegally but graduated from a Utah high school. READ THE ARTICLESL Tribune Feb. 1,2011 WASHINGTON • After a dropoff during the recession, undocumented
immigrants seeking to sneak across the U.S. border may be ready to move
again. READ THE ARTICLE
SL Tribune January 23, 2011
As the author of the Utah Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act, he’s been
at the epicenter of the debate in Utah. Depending on where people stand
on the issue, he’s been demonized as a racist or lauded as a patriot. READ THE TRIBUNE ARTICLE
The Utah Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act (UT-IIEA) is a state
cooperative immigration law enforcement bill, consisting of 15
sections. The sponsor of the legislation, State Representative Stephen
Sandstrom (R-Orem), has based the measure, in part, on Arizona’s SB
1070, but has improved a number of the Arizona provisions to better fit
the needs of Utah law READ THE SUMMARY
As I have been working on legislation designed to address the problems
associated with illegal immigration, I had a constituent ask me why I
was so concerned about illegal immigration. “After all, aren’t illegal
immigrants just good, hard working people who are trying to make a
better life for themselves and their families,” he asked. READ WHY!!
BYU Daily Universe October 21, 2010
“We need to spend more money and devote more efforts to aggressively
enforce immigration employment laws, telling people that they cannot
knowingly hire an illegal alien and if they do that they are going to be
punished,” Lee said. READ THE ARTICLE
SL Tribune October 20, 2010
Rep. Paul Ray joined at least 13 other state lawmakers nationwide
Tuesday in forming a working group seeking to eliminate the birthright
clause in the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. READ THE ARTICLEDeseret News September 21, 2010
(Editor Note Martin is being held in the Utah County Jail on INS hold) OREM — A Salt Lake City man was arrested Monday after police say he purchased and used a young child's social security number. READ THE ARTICLE
Deseret News July 27, 2010
FILLMORE — Roberto Miramontes Roman was on edge well before Millard
County sheriff's deputy Josie Greathouse Fox pulled him over. As Roman and Ryan Greathouse took a drive and
smoked some methamphetamine, Roman told him that if a car they could
see in the distance turned out to be a police vehicle, he planned to
open fire, testified Utah County Sheriff's Sgt. Matt Higley. READ THE ARTICLE
The new Everify List now lists 2,500 entities. The June 1, 2010 E-Verify
list had 1,757 employers listed, an increase of about 42%.
As of 1 July 2010, all businesses in Utah with more than 15 employees
were required by SB 251 to use Everify for all new employees. The new
list includes employers with 5 or more employees.
SB 81 passed in 2008 required all government entities to begin using
Everify after a year's delay on 1 July 2009. After one year, compliance
is still not complete.
As of July 6, 2010, only 21 of 29 Counties (72%) have registered and 30 of 41 School Districts (73%) are in compliance. Only 48 of 275 Utah Cities
(17%) are on the list. This is one year after the delayed
implementation date. This is merely an example of the lack of
compliance, entities such as SpecialSL Tribune July 27. 2010 An anti-immigrant fury was unleashed on Gov. Gary Herbert last week, as
scores of people berated the governor for firing two women suspected of
compiling a list of hundreds of supposed undocumented immigrants and
praised the women as heroes and patriots. A total of more than 325 pages of e-mails were released to The Salt Lake Tribune under an open records request. READ THE ARTICLE SL Tribune July 8, 2010 (Editor's Question: Who Did it??) An anonymous envelope mailed to Utah law enforcement and news outlets
Monday contained a list of more than 1,300 people accused of being
undocumented immigrants. READ THE ARTICLE
July 2010
This report estimates the annual cost of illegal immigraton at the
federal level to be about $113 billion; nearly $29 billion at the
federal level and $84.2 billion at the state and local level. The cost
to Utah taxpayers alone is is estimated at $453 million READ THE REPORT. SL Tribune July 12, 2010 (Editor's note, it is about time) At the beginning of July, more than 2,000 families with undocumented
immigrants stopped receiving food stamp benefits due to a change in
Utah’s rules. Now a growing number of them are showing up at emergency
food pantries confused and needing help, and wonder if Americans are being given preference over them. READ THE ARTICLESL Trbune July 9, 2010
Utah must act now to apply harsh fines against employers who break the
law and hire undocumented workers. Under the Save Act already on the
books, employers are required to use the proven but underutilized
E-Verify system to screen new hires and employees, and reduce tax
evasion and entitlement fraud. READ THE ARTICLE
Deseret News July 7, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Rep. Stephen Sandstrom isn't just going
forward with new immigration legislation modeled after an Arizona law
that's being challenged by the U.S. Department of Justice. He's joining the court battle. "In no way, shape or form am I stopping," Sandstrom said Wednesday. READ THE ARTICLE
UFIRE Editor Note: The Sutherland Institute plan was created by
them, SL Chamber of Commerce, cheap labor legislators and employers, in a
desperate attempt to keep illegal aliens here in Utah in order to
maintain the suppressed wages here for unskilled Utah workers. They
should be ashamed.
Deseret News June 30, 2010
Mero said working privilege cards would be issued by a state agency,
such as workforce services. The approval process would require
applicants to show they have lived in Utah for several years without
violating other laws. He said it would likely include an application
fee, which would be seen as a sort of fine for being in Utah illegally.
Rep Sandstrom said, "It would have Utah unilaterally offering blanket
amnesty to people who are in the state illegally. If those people have
been working here, they have been committing felonies by using false
identities, so it would be rewarding felons," he said. "It would open up
the floodgates to illegal immigration like we've never seen, because
more people would come into the state hoping to get such a card," READ THE ARTICLE
Deseret News June 26, 2010
Arizona's sweeping new immigration law doesn't even take effect until
next month, but lawmakers in Utah and nearly 20 other states are
already clamoring to follow in its footsteps.READ THE ARTICLE
SL Tribune June 18, 2010 Editor note; (Burbank also like to use the word "round-up") Washington » The tense debate over Utah's immigration laws just got personal. Salt Lake City's police chief testified Thursday before Congress,
accusing a group of state legislators of using "racist rhetoric" in an
attempt to enact an "obvious xenophobic agenda." READ THE ARTICLE SL Tribune June 9, 2010
Though not uniformly opposed
to a proposed change to Utah's food stamp rules that would negatively
effect households with undocumented workers, advocates for the poor
want to know, "Why this change? And why now?" (Editor's Note: Because it is time to do the right thing!) READ THE ARTICLE
SL Tribune June 2, 2010
Families qualify for
food stamps based on how much income they make. In a household that has
both undocumented members and citizens -- such as parents with a child
born in the U.S. -- Utah officials have not been fully counting the
earnings of undocumented workers. That means some such blended families qualify for food stamps,
while a household of all-citizen members with the same income might
not. READ THE ARTICLE
SL Tribune June 2, 2010
Deseret News May13, 2010
WASHINGTON — Utahns appear to be in line with a strong majority of
Americans who support Arizona's controversial new immigration law and
would back similar laws in their own states, a new McClatchy-Ipsos poll
found. Sixty-one
percent of Americans — and 64 percent of registered voters — said they
favored the law in a survey of 1,016 adults conducted May 6-9. READ THE ARTICLE
Deseret News May 5, 2010 Mr. Wren(UFIRE Chairman) said he didn't ask Bennett to sign on to the amendment, as he did
other GOP U.S. Senate candidates, because Bennett supported a Bush-era
immigration reform measure "that was a travesty" of fair reform, "a
basic selling of American citizenship." READ THE ARTICLEDeseret News May 4, 2010
Sunday morning on KSL's Sunday Edition, Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman,
cited numbers showing a huge amount of crime by those of Hispanic
ethnicity. The statistic compares homicide arrest rates in the capital
city in 2008, but some say it's all about how you interpret the numbers. READ THE ARTICLE
SL Tribune April 30, 2010
No matter how much the LDS
Church would like to remain neutral on the issue of illegal
immigration, Mormon activists on opposite sides draw on their faith's
doctrines or practices to buoy their positions. READ THE ARTICLE
SL Tribune April 26, 2009
As protests in Arizona
over an anti-immigration law heat up, one conservative Utah lawmaker
wants to bring the law to this state, and says he has the support to do
it.
Rep. Stephen Sandstrom, R-Orem, is drafting a bill that would
require immigrants to carry proof of status and require law enforcement
officers to question anyone they believe is in the country without
documentation READ THE ARTICLE
By Ronald W. Mortensen,
April 26, 2010 Center For Immigration Studies(CIS)
When Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona signed the toughest state illegal
immigration law in the nation on April 23, 2010, it made it imperative
that Utah's newly enacted child identity theft protection law (SB251) take effect as scheduled on July 1, 2010, without any changes.READ THE ARTICLE
Deseret News April 24, 2010 Editor's Note: Racial/Ethnic profiling is the last tool left in the argument tool box of the illegal alien enablers. "They do the work that Americans won't do," has been proven false during this recession.
On hearing of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signing SB1070 into law Friday,
activist Tony Yapias of Proyecto Latino de Utah (and Utah race monger) issued a travel
advisory to members of Utah's immigrant population. READ THE ARTICLE
Salt Lake City Examiner.com April 24, 2010 When governor Jan Brewer
of Arizona signed the toughest illegal immigration law in the nation on
April 23, 2010, it changed the dynamics surrounding Utah’s newly
enacted law (SB251) that protects children from job-related identity theft. READ THE ARTICLE
St George Spectrum Opinion April 22, 2010 Supporters of the proposal correctly applaud the effort. The federal
government has failed miserably to defend the borders of this country.
Members of the House and Senate - including those from Utah - speak
often about a need to control the problem, but they haven't done
anything to rectify the situation. At least Arizona is trying something
to combat what many Americans believe is a serious problem. READ THE OPINION St George Spectrum April 21, 2010 Utah Rep. Michael Noel, R-Dist. 73, the House sponsor for Utah Senate
Bill that addresses illegal immigration, said he also worries about
racial profiling with passage of the Arizona bill, but agreed with the
criminalization language. READ THE ARTICLESL Tribune April 17, 2010 West Valley City »
Some city council members want West Valley City to become the state's
first local or county government to verify whether applicants for
business licenses are U.S. citizens or legal residents.
For the past three years, a similar bill has been proposed at the
Utah Legislature but has not passed. This year, a bill passed the House
but the Senate put it on hold. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE
SL Tribune Feb 28, 2010
Eight months after Utah
required governmental entities to verify their employees are legally
able to work in the United States, the law is being widely ignored. The failure of many counties, municipalities, school districts and
other governmental bodies to comply has sparked an outcry from
lawmakers. The lack of enforcement is "troubling," said former Sen. Bill Hickman, R-St.George, who sponsored the new law.Read The Entire Article
Deseret News Feb. 26, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY — A proposal to require all Utah businesses to verify
employees' legal right to work earned approval from a Senate committee
Friday, but a criminal penalty attached to the mandate will likely be
stripped away before it goes before the full Senate. Read The Full Article
SL Tribune February 11, 2010 Rep. Richard Greenwood,
R-Roy, is planning to run a bill that would repeal a 2002 state law
that grants in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants' children who
graduate from a Utah high school.
Ron Mortensen,
co-founder of the Utah Coalition on Illegal Immigration, supports
repeal of the tuition law, arguing that undocumented immigrants should
not be afforded opportunities that come at the expense of citizens. "If schools start enacting enrollment caps, will schools deny
citizens admission and allow an illegal alien to enter?" Mortensen
said. "If a citizen can't get the classes he needs to graduate, but the
illegal alien does, it doesn't make sense because the illegal alien
can't legally work when he graduates." Read the Article
SL Tribune Feb. 5, 2010 A court ruling on an
Oklahoma immigration law isn't a clear victory for opponents or
supporters, but it may eventually lead to changes in Utah's immigration
law. Read the Article
SL Tribune Jan. 31, 2010
A tall metal fence may not
be the solution here, Bishop concedes. But when drug smugglers, human
traffickers or would-be terrorists can simply open a gate into the
United States, he's convinced something more needs to be done. Read The Article
WASHINGTON — Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, introduced on Thursday a
resolution, backed by several other House freshmen, calling for
Congress to get tough on illegal immigration.
"Any
discussion of comprehensive immigration reform must begin with a
renewed commitment to enforce our immigration laws," Chaffetz said. Read the Article
Deseret News January 19, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY — A man indicted in an illegal online pharmacy scheme
was ordered Tuesday to be remanded into the custody of immigration
officials. Edgar Flores-Cuevas, 36, was facing a prison term of 18 to 24 months on charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering Read The Article Deseret News January 7, 2010
FILLMORE, UTAH — One of the two men arrested in connection with the
slaying of Millard County sheriff's deputy Josie Greathouse Fox will
make his first court appearance today. Roberto
Miramontes Roman, 37, is charged with aggravated murder, a capital
offense, and tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony. Prosecutors have filed notice they intend to seek the
death penalty. Ruben
Chavez Reyes, who was arrested with Roman on Wednesday, is being held in jail on an immigration hold.
Reyes could possibly face identical charges to those filed against
Roman. Read the Article
Deseret News January 7, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY — Due to a large number of documents in the case
against an area immigration law firm charged with running an employment
visa fraud scheme, a trial date has yet to be set. Eight
people associated with the Alcala Law Firm, located at 1380 W. Indiana
Ave., were indicted in July on charges of alien smuggling and visa
fraud for allegedly advertising the firm as an immigration law office,
while illegally obtaining H-2B work visas for various Utah companies in
order to gain a profit. Read More
Ron Mortensen SLC Examiner January 1, 2010 As of January 1, 2010, Utah’s Driving Privilege Card
(DPC) will only be issued to individuals who are not able to prove
legal presence in the United States. This change makes the DPC a clear
and unambiguous illegal alien identification card. According to Michael Sanchez of the Utah Coalition on Illegal Immigration, “This may be the most important piece of illegal immigration legislation passed
by the Utah state legislature to date. It makes it impossible for
ranchers, dairy farmers, construction companies, janitorial services,
and others who require employees to have drivers licenses to pretend
that they don’t know that they are hiring illegal aliens. In fact, by
they end of 2010 when all existing Driving Privilege Cards are
replaced, any employer who is aware that an employee has a Driving
Privilege Card will be knowingly hiring an illegal alien.” Read the Article
By Robert Wren SL Tribune Nov 27, 2009
After some years of discussion and delay, Senate Bill 81, the anti-illegal immigration law, was implemented four months ago.
One of the requirements of the law was that all government employers must use an employment verification program, such as E-Verify. This law was designed to assist in enforcing federal law against hiring "unauthorized" aliens. An additional requirement was that all businesses being awarded contracts by public entities must also verify legal employment -- proof of U.S. citizenship or a valid work visa. Read The Article
SL Tribune November 7, 2009
Nine people were hurt, at least three critically, when an SUV that may have been carrying undocumented immigrants crashed on State Road 24 early Thursday morning, police said. Passengers told police the driver ran from the scene, leaving nine injured people behind, several of whom had been thrown from the vehicle. Passengers told police they were from Mexico and Arizona and headed for Colorado and Florida. The vehicle is registered in Arizona. Police are trying to identify the driver. Read the Article
KSL.com Oct. 21, 2009
SALT LAKE CITY -- A new strike force in Utah aimed at targeting illegal immigrants involved in major crimes says they've been busy in only the first four months of their existence.
Earlier this year, the Utah Legislature appropriated federal funding to go to the SECURE Strike Force. It has two years to crack down on major crimes committed by illegal immigrants. The team received federal funding to target only the hardened criminals. Read The Article
October 20, 2009 By: Gaylan Stewart Once again the Deseret News continues it's agenda of enabling illegal immigration in Utah; Utah Tuition Helping Hundreds of Students. This time it is done on a news page ( should be opinion) supporting the in-state tuition waiver for illegal aliens in violation of federal law( see Federal Code Title 8 Section 1623) that requires Utah and other states giving subsidized tuition to illegal aliens to give the same benefit to citizens of other states. Utah does not give citizens of other states subsidized in-state tuition. Finally, when these students get a degree, it is still illegal for them to work in the United States. These students are all adults, over 18, and so are committing a felony by being in the United States illegally, as an adult, and using ID theft or fraud while working in Utah. Both deportable offenses. If there was citizen support for in-state tuition waivers for illegal aliens, the "Dream Act" would have passed years ago. Read the Article.
By Ronald W. Mortensen, Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) October 20, 2009
(editor note: Mr Mortensen is a Utah resident)
Here we go again. Members of Congress are gearing up
to make another run at "comprehensive immigration reform" and once
again they will put the interests of illegal aliens ahead of those of
American citizens.
Like all previous proposals, the proponents of this renewed effort fully plan on forgiving the serious felonies
that at least 75% of illegal aliens routinely commit in order to obtain
jobs (document fraud, perjury on I-9 forms and/or identity theft). They
also fully intend to sacrifice the millions of American men, women and
children who are the very real victims of these crimes to their goal of
providing a path to legalization and citizenship for tens of millions of
criminal illegal aliens. This is mean-spirited and cruel. Read the Article
October 20, 2009 by: Gaylan Stewart In an October 17th article the Salt Lake Deseret News got together with the Salt Lake County Assessor, Lee Gardner, to create news where none exists. The article is titled, "Dislabled Vets Upset Over Citizenship Proof Policy." The Assessor sent out a $3,300 mailer to these veterans asking for proof of citizenship, his excuse, they were trying to conform with Utah's SB-81 Law. It appears that the Assessor is using his office to change a Utah law that he personally disagrees with and uses SL County taxpayer funds to do it. In addition, using disabled veterans for this is especially disgraceful. All veterans have a DD-214 which is requested whenever veteran's services are requested. Illegal aliens are not recruited by the military, are not in the military, and so they do NOT have a DD-214 which the Assessor should know. This article was created to further a Deseret News and Lee Gardner agenda. Read the Article
9/29/09 Deseret News
More than 70 gang members netted in a statewide, multi-agency surge will face a battery of federal and state charges today including murder and drug possession. Over half will be looking at deportation proceedings. Read More (editor's note: It looks like many of these "undocumented immigrants" are not the good people that we are being told.)
9/25/09 Deseret News
For Chris Herrod and Chris Burbank, the immigration debate is about fairness. But their interpretations of what is fair differed as the two men headlined a debate over SB81 and the future of immigration in Utah and the United States at the University of Utah's S.J. Quinney College of Law Thursday afternoon. Read The Article
9/24/09 Deseret News
National heritage areas are supposed to help increase tourism. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, persuaded the House to alter one Wednesday so that it inadvertently would not also increase illegal immigrants crossing into the United States from Mexico. Read More
Sep 23, 2009 Salt Lake Tribune
Washington » Sen. Bob Bennett wants the Census to collect information on who is in the country illegally in its official 2010 count, but Census Director Robert Groves said that's not practical a mere six months before the questionnaires are mailed to every household. Read The Article (Editor note: I agree with Tony Yapias' statement on political pandering)
Salt Lake Tribune 09/20/2009
The Davis County Sheriff's Office was ready to pitch in and help enforce federal immigration law at its county jail, detaining undocumented arrestees and beginning the process to deport them.
No thanks, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau recently said, a response that has incensed Utah politicians.
Last fall, Davis County Sheriff Bud Cox applied for an ICE agreement that would allow and train 10 deputies to process undocumented arrestees. In October 2008, the department was inspected for three days by five ICE inspectors.
After waiting nearly a year, the office received a letter in August denying the sheriff's request. Read the Article
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Provo lawmaker a fierce defender of state's new immigration laws
Provo Daily Herald, July 15, 2009
Chris Herrod has been called a lot of things during the illegal immigration debate in this state. Passive isn't one of them.
The Provo representative has taken a high-profile stance defending
Senate Bill 81, which went into effect on July 1 and includes sweeping
immigration reform.
"It seems to be my lot in life because everyone else is afraid of the subject," says Herrod.
Read The Entire Article
7/15/2009 Utah Senate GOP Website I have watched with some interest the debate through our E-Mail accounts, the issue of SB-81, and who has the correct numbers for whatever position on this issue our personal or constituent position leads us. I see the points of view of Representative Herrod and those of the Sutherland Institute, both of which reach their conclusions in an acceptable manner but may not have the complete picture, although they both have tried, and offer this thought process for all representatives since this is a public issue with high emotion on both sides. Read all of Sen Griner's comments
14th Amendment » Congressman acknowledges bill has little chance to succeed.
SL Tribune July 10, 2009
Washington » Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, has signed onto legislation that would only allow those born in the United States to legal residents to be considered American citizens. Chaffetz is one of 78 co-sponsors of the Birthright Citizenship Act, which seeks to reverse the right of anyone born within U.S. borders or in U.S. territories to be considered a citizen.
The U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment, ratified July 9, 1868, says that all people born inside the country "are citizens," with full rights. E-Verify list for Utah employers now available
With SB 81 in full force effective 1 July 2009, many have wondered
if it is being complied with. The bill required all Public employers
(municipalities, counties, schools, etc.) and any business involved in
contracts with public entities to use Everify (or similar program) for
hiring. The Law 63G-11-103.
How many companies are in Utah?
All Companies that are covered by the Employment Security Act are listed in Firm Find. That includes over 80,000 worksites.
Utah now has about 2% coverage of E-verify businesses.
SL Tribune June 22, 2009
Utah's new immigration law, SB81, takes effect July 1. But several attorneys who belong to the American Immigration Lawyers Association say they're not waiting.
They plan to file a lawsuit later this week challenging various portions of the law.
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA 6/11/09
... to neutralize Utah as a magnet state for illegal immigrants and would be good for ... from unscrupulous employers using illegal aliens," Sandstrom said. ...
CCOII Report on Illegal Alien Cost in St. George
The Citizens' Council on Illegal Immigration has
published a report on the costs of illegal aliens to the taxpayers in
Washington County. The report was distributed to government leaders. The
report analyzes health, education and crime costs attributable to
illegal aliens. "As illegal immigration is
widely acknowledged as a net loss for nearly all Utahns, and since our
Organization is devoted to educating citizens and elected officials to
that peril, the focus of our packet is on this continuing dilemma. We
believe that through strict measures to curb illegal immigration across
our entire state we will see the economic treasure that belongs to all
Utahns preserved."
The move also undercuts competing companies.
The Salt Lake Tribune 05/31/2009 Lots of employers in these tough economic times are illegally cutting costs by misclassifying some workers as independent contractors.
The tactic -- used in an array of industries from home construction to information technology -- is sapping millions of dollars from the state's unemployment-insurance fund, tax coffers and workers' compensation fund, say Utah regulators. It's also making it difficult for aboveboard companies to compete.
Officials in charge of investigating the various violations involved say they can't do much about the problem. The same shaky economy that makes it tempting for employers to illicitly shave expenses is leaving regulators with staffs far too small to nab thousands of offenders. Read The Article
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