Immigration is of major concern, especially states that share a border with Mexico. Recently, a group of 12 Utah legislators traveled to Arizona to discuss the suprisingly popular controversial legislation. They held meetings with Arizona officials, buisness leaders, religious communities, border-patrol agents, etc. Currently, Utah has close to 110,000 illegal aliens and a Utah Representative issued a draft of an Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act, which is modeled after Arizona law. While the draft is gathering large support, there is still controvesy rising even among the political groups. Some believe that the bill would be violating the 4th amendment by illegal searches, punishment of a single group and not the others that are complicit in the problem with undocumented workers. Additionally, some fear that the bill itself will be too costly by the need for facilities of those detained, costs for law enforcement, training of immigration agents, etc. Whether or not Utah directly follows Arizona's lead, an immigration bill will be passed at some point in Utah to help combat the issue
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2022734,00.html
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I believe Utah will pass this law soon, but I am not for the law. I understand that there are a lot of illegal immigrants entering the USA, but they shouldn't be allowed to go to anyone and ask them for their papers. If they did a little research before going up to any human being that would be more acceptable. However, going up to actual citizens and asking for papers is disrespectful and wrong. More states may pass this law just because they can.
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