The Sutherland Institute says that only 4 percent of Utah's inmates are illegals. Well, if there's the same proportion in the general population, that is 80,000 illegal alien adults among us soaking up jobs and social service resources. That is the population of Provo.

I can only wonder at the real motivation of these rich "conservatives" who wish to keep so many illegals in Utah. The only thing I can guess at is they want to suppress wages, avoid paying Social Security taxes and avoid normal worker benefits and insurance while displacing legal workers who would rightly and legally expect such things.

Maybe there needs to be closer federal scrutiny on what is going on.

R. Scott Ormond

American Fork