Immigration Politics - Utah: Illegal immigration | Editorial

Illegal immigration | The Salt Lake Tribune: "It turns out that dragooning local police officers into the business of checking everyone’s citizenship when they are stopped for something else could cost local governments in Utah a lot of money. Between $5.3 million and $11.3 million in the first year, according to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst.

That shouldn’t be surprising. It takes time and costs money to detain people and verify information. Still, it apparently brought up short the supporters of Rep. Stephen Sandstrom’s bill to ramp up enforcement of immigration laws by local authorities. ... 

So aside from xenophobia, fear of the other, terror of terrorism and unfocused anger about high unemployment, Utahns should ask themselves why anyone should give Sandstrom’s bill any attention."