Illegal Immigrant List Making the Rounds in Utah
Tom Diemer
Correspondent
Posted:
07/15/10
A list containing the names of 1,300 suspected illegal immigrants has been distributed to politicians and state officials in Utah, unnerving some in the Hispanic community and sparking an investigation to determine where the dossier came from.
Investigators sifted through records at several agencies Wednesday, trying to determine if someone tapped into a database to get the sensitive information appearing on the list, the Associated Press said. Sent by an anonymous group to state officials, politicians and reporters, it includes names, Social Security numbers, workplaces, addresses and phone numbers, along with demands for the deportation of illegals. Even the names of children show up, as well as due dates for pregnant women.
The Utah list surfaced as Arizona prepared to implement later this month a controversial state law authorizing police to check for immigration status after they stop a suspect for any other violation.
In Salt Lake City, a spokeswoman for Gov. Gary Herbert said it would take several days to find the source of the information leak.
Investigators sifted through records at several agencies Wednesday, trying to determine if someone tapped into a database to get the sensitive information appearing on the list, the Associated Press said. Sent by an anonymous group to state officials, politicians and reporters, it includes names, Social Security numbers, workplaces, addresses and phone numbers, along with demands for the deportation of illegals. Even the names of children show up, as well as due dates for pregnant women.
The Utah list surfaced as Arizona prepared to implement later this month a controversial state law authorizing police to check for immigration status after they stop a suspect for any other violation.
In Salt Lake City, a spokeswoman for Gov. Gary Herbert said it would take several days to find the source of the information leak.