Two Utah State Workers Responsible for "Illegal Immigrant" List

Robert Gehrke of the Salt Lake Tribune is breaking news that the Utah Government was in fact tangentially involved with creating a "hit list" of purported "illegal immigrants."

The state has identified and placed on leave at least two employees from the Department of Workforce Services who accessed state data to compile a list of 1,300 people who were purportedly in the country illegally.

“This is a very calculated, deliberate, patiently prepared violation of security protocols of how we gather information at the state,” Gov. Gary Herbert said Friday morning on KSL.

“Release of such private, sensitive information is deplorable,” the governor said in a statement. “When someone does business with the state of Utah, they deserve to know that their private information will be kept private.”

The two employees have been placed on administrative leave pending completion of the full investigation, according to the governor’s office. Others may be identified as the review continues, with results to be turned over to the Utah Attorney General’s Office.

The full story can be read here.

While it is a relief that the governor, has condemned the actions of a few rogue state government workers, it is still deeply troubling that this list was created.

It is disturbing that any state government on American soil could produce a "list" akin to something that Stalin, or the Nazi's in Germany would condone.