Your Thoughts Re: Utah Breech of Personal Data on Immigrant List Likely Came from State Workers?
(CNN) -- Utah officials are trying to determine whether government data were used to compile a list of more than 1,300 alleged illegal immigrants that included contact information, Social Security numbers and pregnancy due dates.
A state investigation is focusing on the Utah Department of Workforce Services, Gov. Gary Herbert's office said Thursday, because all information on the list is contained within that agency's database. Information from the investigation may be turned over to state prosecutors, a statement from the office said.
"They have very strong leads, first to indicate that it came from that agency and now it's just a process of drilling into the information a little deeper," governor's spokeswoman Angie Welling told CNN-affiliate KSTU.
The list was anonymously distributed to media and government offices across the state, the affiliate reported. An accompanying letter from "Concerned Citizens of the United States" insisted that those on the list should be deported immediately.
Welling told the affiliate that if the investigation reveals any state employees were responsible for the leak, those people have no place working in the state government.
Earlier Thursday, a group of Latino activists told reporters that the list had sparked widespread fear... "For these 1,300 people, unfortunately that fear has escalated," he said. "There's an arrest warrant out, essentially. That fear never goes away."
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/16/uta...
{ What in SamHill is going on in Utah?!}
A state investigation is focusing on the Utah Department of Workforce Services, Gov. Gary Herbert's office said Thursday, because all information on the list is contained within that agency's database. Information from the investigation may be turned over to state prosecutors, a statement from the office said.
"They have very strong leads, first to indicate that it came from that agency and now it's just a process of drilling into the information a little deeper," governor's spokeswoman Angie Welling told CNN-affiliate KSTU.
The list was anonymously distributed to media and government offices across the state, the affiliate reported. An accompanying letter from "Concerned Citizens of the United States" insisted that those on the list should be deported immediately.
Welling told the affiliate that if the investigation reveals any state employees were responsible for the leak, those people have no place working in the state government.
Earlier Thursday, a group of Latino activists told reporters that the list had sparked widespread fear... "For these 1,300 people, unfortunately that fear has escalated," he said. "There's an arrest warrant out, essentially. That fear never goes away."
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/16/uta...
{ What in SamHill is going on in Utah?!}
Sister Irma,
There is definitely an investigation and some people are not only going to be fired, but are going to jail. You can't work a State job and break HIPPA laws. This is serious! Not only were names, adresses, DOB, SS# given, but phone numbers were a part of the list. W-HOLE-LY SMOKES somebody's bum is in deep you know what. I do hope that what has been meant to do these Immigrants harm will be turned into something good. I really hope Comprehensive Immigration Reform will get passed very soon.