Open Thread

Just watch. In these towns where this is enforced, all the services will dry up and the restaurants will likely have to close.

This happened about 8 years ago in a town in PA. i think it was Hazleton, PA or something like that. the only restaurant in town had to close.

And the wonderful folks of Utah:

“An anonymously created list of 1300 people accused of being illegal aliens arrived by U.S. mail Monday at Utah media outlets, law enforcement agencies, and the state House and Senate. The list, comprised almost solely of Hispanic names, contained Social Security numbers, birth dates and contact information for each person along with their workplaces, their children’s names and even the due dates of pregnant women. The list was accompanied by an unsigned letter, dated April 4, from a group calling itself “Concerned Citizens Of The United States”. It stated tha the group “strongly believe” people on the list are undocumented immigrants who should be deported. The names were compiled, it said, by observing the individuals. “We then spend the time and effort needed to gather information along with legal Mexican nationals who infiltrate their social networks and help us obtain the necessary information we need to add them to our list,” the letter explains. “DO YOUR JOB AND STOP MAKING EXCUSES! WE DEMAND ACTION.”

Most of the names reveal people of Hispanic or Latino descent and, though the accuracy of the list is highly questionable–one lady contacted by local TV station KSL said she was nationalized 15 years ago– the names are out there for every crazy racist to see.
The list has shocked Utah prompting governor Gary Herbert to go on the hunt for any state employees who may have helped disseminate private state information. If evidence of such activity is found, he says he will turn the case over to the Attorney General’s office for prosecution. The dissemination of private records from the state is a misdemeanor in Utah.

Even State Representative Steven Sandstrom, R-Orem, who is writing Utah’s own version of Arizona SB 1070, says the approach is misguided and unlawful .”I think it’s a wrong approach,” Sandstrom told the Salt Lake Tribune. “It sends the wrong message, and it doesn’t follow the rule of law with the bill that I’m writing.” Ron Mortensen, of the Utah Coalition On Illegal Immigration, a group that has historically been very vocal against illegal immigrants, also denied any involvement in creating the list, calling it, “an inappropriate action. It’s never right to release government documents, if that’s what this is.”

With the evidence we have:

* Intimate details of the accused like due dates for pregnant women
* Home addresses, places of employment
* Children’s names

It would be logical to assume the person dissmenating this information had access to medical files. It would also make sense to assume that whoever did this knew they were breaking the law hence their reliance on U.S. mail rather than any form of electronic media which could have been easily traced. This person either has the ability to hack computer records, or had an inside into the files of Utah’s public medical facilities. Another theory is that the person had access to Department of Workforce Services, which handles eligibility and distribution for things like food stamps and Medicaid. Either way, if they are an employee with the state, they are probably in a low ranking position because no one high up would risk their job for something so clearly doomed to fail.”

Donatella,

the rest of that incident was they called my mom in to have a talk about it. when my mom got the translation of what happened, she asked bluntly “put out to me which is the nun and we’ll resolve it right here right now”. My mom was super pissed and was about to kick some ass. We got our tuition refund and my stay didnt even last a day

Don’t know if that came out quite right — the kids that would oppose such bad treatment (or their parents on their behalf) were better off than submitting to such abuse.