Politico: Utah’s Republican attorney general has blistered his own party’s 2012 presidential candidates for their harsh rhetoric on immigration, which he claims has alienated Latino voters.
“The party has lost those [Latino] voters,” Mark Shurtleff said at an immigration summit in Salt Lake City Wednesday, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. “They aren’t in danger — we’ve lost them.”
The attorney general had been working on an initiative called the Utah Compact, a declaration supported by the Mormon church and intended to set out a list of guidelines for immigration reform.
The Utah Compact has led to a set of bills passed in the state that includes both aggressive illegal immigration enforcement and a program that allows undocumented immigrants to work in the state if they register.
“The success of the Utah Compact has put the spotlight on Utah,” said Shurtleff, according to The Associated Press. “Now we have an opportunity to affect the national immigration debate in a really positive way.”
The measures are effective and helpful, Shurtleff argued, because illegal immigrants have a positive effect on the economy.
“You hear constantly that undocumented workers are a drain on our economy. Well now we are seeing evidence that that it’s not true. It’s quite the opposite,” he said, according to ABC4.
“The party has lost those [Latino] voters,” Mark Shurtleff said at an immigration summit in Salt Lake City Wednesday, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. “They aren’t in danger — we’ve lost them.”
The attorney general had been working on an initiative called the Utah Compact, a declaration supported by the Mormon church and intended to set out a list of guidelines for immigration reform.
The Utah Compact has led to a set of bills passed in the state that includes both aggressive illegal immigration enforcement and a program that allows undocumented immigrants to work in the state if they register.
“The success of the Utah Compact has put the spotlight on Utah,” said Shurtleff, according to The Associated Press. “Now we have an opportunity to affect the national immigration debate in a really positive way.”
The measures are effective and helpful, Shurtleff argued, because illegal immigrants have a positive effect on the economy.
“You hear constantly that undocumented workers are a drain on our economy. Well now we are seeing evidence that that it’s not true. It’s quite the opposite,” he said, according to ABC4.
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