Mountain sanctuary
The Tribune's Nate Carlisle reports from Tempe, Ariz., that an economic downturn and 
some unfriendly new Arizona laws are driving undocumented immigrants to Utah.
In St. George this weekend, the Spectrum reported the Guatemalan consul renewed passports and embassy identification for Guatemalans living and working in Utah, Colorado and Nevada.
Anti-illegal immigration protesters said if the Guatemalans were legal immigrants, they wouldn't need the documents. "They use that means of ID for things they're not entitled to," says Jim Flohr, of the Citizens Council on Illegal Immigration.
"I don't see the big deal," Vice consul Rosa Maria Gallardo said. "I feel good that I'm helping my people, and I feel good that (the protesters) on the street are exercising their rights because this is a free country."
(The family in the photo above are job-seeking Italians arriving at Ellis Island.)
some unfriendly new Arizona laws are driving undocumented immigrants to Utah."We have received anecdotal information where people are being invited to go to Utah, specifically Ogden and some of the communities outside of Salt Lake City," said Edmundo Hidalgo, president of Chicanos Por La Causa in Arizona. "The primary attraction is quality of life. People view those communities as having high family values."Utah's Legislature is wrestling with 20 proposals to stem the flow of immigrants, but the state will likely remain attractive: With a an unemployment rate of 3.3 percent, job possibilities in Utah remain the best in the West.
In St. George this weekend, the Spectrum reported the Guatemalan consul renewed passports and embassy identification for Guatemalans living and working in Utah, Colorado and Nevada.
Anti-illegal immigration protesters said if the Guatemalans were legal immigrants, they wouldn't need the documents. "They use that means of ID for things they're not entitled to," says Jim Flohr, of the Citizens Council on Illegal Immigration.
"I don't see the big deal," Vice consul Rosa Maria Gallardo said. "I feel good that I'm helping my people, and I feel good that (the protesters) on the street are exercising their rights because this is a free country."
(The family in the photo above are job-seeking Italians arriving at Ellis Island.)
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