Making a List, Checking it Twice




I recently read that the Internet was the new Wild Wild West.

Apparently, a couple of Utah state workers thought the same and deputized themselves to sieve through a workforce database to compile a list of 1300 persons who allegedly entered the USA illegally.

The list was then forwarded to state officials.

Here's the not so funny punchline, delivered by a spokesperson for Utah Governor Herbert.

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"The use of private information to intimidate the Latino community is wrong and wrong-headed," Archie Archuleta, head of the Utah Coalition of La Raza, said.

"The fact that a third party is using this information to target children and pregnant women is extremely troubling," he said.

Welcome to our world.