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Editorial: Immigration is about us

We are pleased that many have told us they are now thinking more deeply about the complex issues involved. We, too, have found ourselves struggling to know exactly what to do. Lives, jobs, safety and much more are at stake. In fact, the very core of what kind of people we are, and what kind of state we want to have, will be reflected in and strongly influenced by how we deal with immigration. Ref. Source 6

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Pending deportation cases hit all-time high in Utah

Utah had 1,167 deportation cases pending as of mid-June, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University in New York, which tracks such information nationwide. Ref. Source 9

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Amid protest, Rep. Stephen Sandstrom unveils immigration enforcement bill

As Rep. Stephen Sandstrom entered the state Capitol rotunda to unveil his long-awaited "Arizona-style" immigration enforcement bill, about 100 protesters (most of whom were not Latino) started chanting "Shame on Sandstrom." Then they marched across the rotunda to literally surround him closely as he talked to the media, interrupting him with boos, jeers and waving signs. Ref. Source 7

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Immigration summit organizers, participants blast absent Utah Congress members

"They were all invited, but all said they were out of town," said Michael Picardi, co-founder of the Coalition of Utah Progressives. The coalition organized the summit with several Latino groups at Centro Civico Mexicano. "Personally, this tells me they don't want to take responsibility," Picardi said. "This needs to be solved on the federal level, and these guys don't want to come talk about it." Ref. Source 1

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Utah illegal-immigrant population may be declining

In fact, the study estimated that the number of illegal immigrants living in Utah did drop by 10,000 people, or 8 percent, between 2008 and 2009 - from 120,000 overall to 110,000. However, study authors cautioned that those numbers are within statistical margins of error, so it is possible that no decrease occurred. Ref. Source 2

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Democrats blast move to repeal birthright citizenship

"This very spot is a remembrance of the persecution of our LDS community and its final settlement in this area," said Sen. Ross Romero, D-Salt Lake. "The way some in our community suggest that we need to be repelling some of Utah's children because of intolerance is unfortunate and misplaced." Ref. Source 4

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Cheat labor: Do companies hire, shortchange illegal immigrants to cut costs?

SALT LAKE CITY - "Eduardo," an illegal immigrant construction worker, was desperate. It was May 2008 and he had not been paid in six months. He says he was owed $26,000 for drywall installation, and had finally quit TJ Enterprises & Acoustical after months of promises that he would be paid "soon." Ref. Source 8

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This is one point I was making earlier. How can illegals be 'encouraged' to stay and yet not have LEGAL work or any rights to collect wages, etc. How can they sustain themselves or their family or even have a calling in the Church?