Friday, the Utah Governors office announced that the alleged list of 1,300 illegal immigrants came from the Department of Workforce Services, and that at least two state workers were responsible for gathering and distributing the list to local media and law enforcement agencies. The two workers have been placed on leave while the investigation is being conducted, reported the LA Times.
The Utah Governors office has had 10 computer analysts working on determining where the list came from for the past few days, and have aggressively researched the origin of the list.
Most likely if the list was taken from a government agency, then several laws were broken by taking and releasing the information publicly, whether it is a confirmed list of illegal immigrants or not.
Diana Gonzalez from Salt Lake City said, “I understand why the government is so concerned about where the list came from. But I am more concerned about why the Department of Workforce Services would have such a list in the first place. Did they know that the people on the list are possible illegal immigrants? And if so, why isn’t anything being done about that?”
Wednesday, KSL contacted several people on the list and confirmed that they are legal immigrants.
To read more about what the Utah list of alleged illegal immigrants contains, click here.
The alleged illegal immigration list in Utah is gaining national attention because of the ongoing debate over Arizona’s illegal immigration law that is scheduled to begin July 29.
Arizona's new controversial immigration law requires that police officers question a person’s immigration status if they suspect a person may be in the country illegally; the line of questioning is allowable if they have stopped the person while attempting to enforce another law…such as speeding or jaywalking.
Anti-immigration law critics say the new law discriminates against Hispanics.
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit this week against the state of Arizona and Governor Jan Brewer over the new immigration law, in an attempt to stop it from beginning at the end of July. For more on that story, click here.
Over two dozen government agencies have boycotted the state of Arizona because of its controversial immigration law. To read more about that story, click here.
To see a slideshow of photos that shows protests of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, click here.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s new immigration law will begin at the end of the month. Brewer met with Obama a few weeks ago at the White House about the law. For more information on that story and a video, click here.
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Sources: ABC 4 and the LA Times
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