List Prompts Anxious Calls From Hispanics in Utah
By KIRK JOHNSON
NYT
SALT LAKE CITY — A list of 1,300 Utah residents, with the words “illegal immigrants” marked across the top of each page, has sparked panic among some Hispanics in this state.
The list, which contains details and notation about each person — from home address and telephone number to date of birth and, in the case of pregnant women, their due dates — was sent to law enforcement and media outlets on Tuesday. A spokeswoman for Gov. Gary R. Herbert said Wednesday that in investigation was under way to see if state employees might have been involved.
The letter accompanying the list said that it was from “Concerned Citizens of the United States” and urged immediate deportation proceedings against the people listed as well as publication of their names by the news media. The letter said that more lists and names would be forthcoming and added: “We will be listening and watching.”
“We are not violent, nor do we support violence,” the letter said. “We love our country. We love our state. We love our government. We love our Constitution. We are simply citizens who continue to see the degradation of our country and our state caused in part by the continuing presence of illegal aliens.”
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NYT
SALT LAKE CITY — A list of 1,300 Utah residents, with the words “illegal immigrants” marked across the top of each page, has sparked panic among some Hispanics in this state.
The list, which contains details and notation about each person — from home address and telephone number to date of birth and, in the case of pregnant women, their due dates — was sent to law enforcement and media outlets on Tuesday. A spokeswoman for Gov. Gary R. Herbert said Wednesday that in investigation was under way to see if state employees might have been involved.
The letter accompanying the list said that it was from “Concerned Citizens of the United States” and urged immediate deportation proceedings against the people listed as well as publication of their names by the news media. The letter said that more lists and names would be forthcoming and added: “We will be listening and watching.”
“We are not violent, nor do we support violence,” the letter said. “We love our country. We love our state. We love our government. We love our Constitution. We are simply citizens who continue to see the degradation of our country and our state caused in part by the continuing presence of illegal aliens.”
(More here.)
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