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Herbert calls for investigation into list of 1,300 identified as illegal immigrants

Let's get to work!

Does this list have names of Canadians and European illegal immigrants too or is it just targeted at Latino names? I suspect the list only has latino names. This is racial targeting plain and simple.

'An anonymous group says it quietly watched Hispanics in their neighborhoods, schools, churches and "public welfare buildings" to compile a list of 1,300 people it says are illegal immigrants.' - Article

Oh, look.

The 'witch hunts' have begun.

Hey, are YOU an illegal immigrant?

Even if the list was illegally accessed, if it's correc, what a great resource we should use to rid our state of these criminals.

Long has been the cry from liberals that "we dont know which ones are illegals" for not supporting great legislation like that taking place in Arizona.

Well here you go - if this list is accurate - let's hand it out to every law inforcement in the state and make it a goal to find each one and have them all gone within a month! I'll help!

I hope the list was compiled using some state database and not from "watching" your hispanic neighbors. The list, and the way it was disseminated, is incredibly creepy and makes you look racist and small minded.

Hurt them? Hurt them how Tony with BATS and CLUBS?....Quit lying to them, Tony! Deportation is not hurtful, but lets hope its permanent!

The cowards who made this list should quit hiding and own up to it. KSL has already proven that some names listed are not those of illegal immigrants. This sounds like a list born of racial profiling and would only make people like Heinrich Himmler proud.

So do do you think anything will happen from this list?
The only the that will occur is the government will get its hands on it and make sure each person on the list has proper instruction on how to apply for welfare, free medical, school benefits and social security. Isn't the U. S. a great place to live when your an illegal alien?

Wow. The "Group" ought to have the guts to put their real title on the letter. But I guess if they had written "Utah Gestapo" it might have ruffled some feathers.

Such a disgrace. As an accountant, perpahs I'll start a list of known tax cheats and provide the IRS.

It certainly does sound like this was pulled from some sort of State database. The information was private and the act despicable... using that information for your own private vendetta.

What if it had been a list of people who've had speeding tickets? or a list of those who have a concealed handgun permit? My point being that this is wrong on many levels.

It is a shame our country has sunken so low to follow all the hysteria on illegal immigration. It is a problem? yes, but has it been an overwhelming problem? After all this has been problem for a very, very long time. Even worse our legislature is now pandering to this hysteria by passing laws that have no meaning (i.e. the e-Verify bill that Buttars wanted as a voluntary only program... and that is going to help how?).

JohnJacob,

If you had a list of bank robbers from salt lake but not a list of bank robbers from Ogden would not throw away the list from salt lake because you were angry it didn't also include those from Ogden?

If argued that I didnt have to obey the law because of my race; I would be considered racist. Why does Tony Yapias get a free pass when he argues that latinos should be exempt from the law?
If the letter is indeed "terrorism", isnt his response merely passive/aggressive "terrorism"?

typo

would "you"

I would worry less about what these people are doing to "our" "stuff", as if "constitutional-ists" represent everyone in the United States because they are "vigilant" people (manic fervor - no matter how well demeanored and rationalized). They may not be "crazy", but they are dangerously reactive (despite what they view as "proactive") and are doing something that violates a more basic human boundary than the United States border). It may be found legally defensible, but that doesn't make it right and best. Being overly self-protective is a form of selfishness itself in the end. It is not negligence that calls for metered and equal action to enforcement with co-equal and coinciding adaptation of the regulations that don't reflect the realities that lead to these situations and doing two wrongs by disrupting families (regardless of their exact legal composition) doesn't make a right.

JJJHS--Please. Give the "racial" line a rest, will ya? Today, everything is 'racial'. Even LeBron James going to Miami is being called 'racial'. It is a tired, trite, worn-out bromide that is losing all meaning.

Find out if they have used someones Social Security Number. that is fraud and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

What is so hard to understand about Illegal. Why does a community group have to bring this to the attention of the law. Shouldn't our government be doing this!

Thier is no crime in being an American citizen fighting crime. We have crime watches in our neigborhoods.

The Federal Government has turned a blind eye to the problem so someone has to do something.

John, how many illegal Canadian and European immigrants do you think are out there?

99.9% of illegal immigrants are Latino - that's a fact. So a list containing 99.9% Latinos is not racial targeting - it's simply reflective of the actual distribution.

@Chris B

Let's get to work doing what? Shall we be like the McCarthy's of the 1950 spying on our neighbors and reporting them to the government? Shall we round everyone suspected of being illegal and put them in corrals and force them to live in Topaz or some other lovely place like Manazanita, CA while we sort out their status all based on conjecture? Shall we force them into ghettos while we decide what to do with them and make them all wear brown armbands?

How about some acutal solutions to this extemely complex issue that require more than four words to solve.

I hope whoever the State employee is who is releasing this information is immediately fired and brought up on charges for releaseing PII information and derelection of their duties. If you don't know what PII is and why it is so important, look it up for yourself.

Chris B,
There is no way to verify the accuracy of the list. Even if law enforcement could identify who was legal and illegal on it, this type of source would never hold up in court. It definitely lacks probable cause.

I don't get who would want to do this and who has the time to do this. I understand there are a lot of people opposed to illegal immigration, but people going to this extent should find a more productive use of their time and skills. Should I start creating lists of every license plate of a car that I see committing a traffic violation?

'Even if the list was illegally accessed...' - 1:26 p.m.

It's 'ok' because, even though it can't be used in a court of law...

we don't need reasons to hate.