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Show DAILY HERALD "The last thing we want to do is to create Raid A6 Health XXXZ133 Continued from A I Sponsored by: Rep. David Clark, R Santa Clara something that "We will take three years for identifying the plan. Six is the number of steps involved and 10 is because ft is not going to be a sprint. It could take as long as 10 years to complete." The six steps Clark shared system that "involve all of Utah's individual bringing forward consumerism, promoting healthy behaviors, optimizing existing programs, staying together as a legislative body and making collaborative efforts, breaking down tax barriers with tax cuts, and coming back in November of this year with a strategic plan. "There is a critical market for the citizens of Utah, and we cannot do any harm," Chirk said. "The last thing we w ant to do is to create some- thing that will jeopardize the system we have now. Let us will jeopardize the system we have now. Health System Reform This bill would create a task force to come up with a new health care will Let us improve address where we are." health care needs. Rep. David Clark Clara eminent, with good intentions, cripple our health care systent We need to send a message to Washington, D.C., to leave health care up to individuals." Sen. Sheldon Killpack, terms of health care." The House of Representatives also was united in its enthusiasm for the new bill, passing it unanimously to the R- - Syracuse, said that the Legislature is not just putting off reform by assigning a task force. Transparency is a huge issue in health care, Killpack said, and in order to "make a' more market-drive- n improve where we are. We system, crucial." need to concentrate on getting transparency The need to create a smart to the end." k Rep. John Dougall, system is very important, said that it is time to said, but it is most impor"start moving ourselves out of tant to do it now. this pit." Rep. Brad King, "We've spent pointed out that legislators do years digging ourselves into this disagree on occasion. "I'm not so sure we won't hole," Dougall said. "This is a step in the right direction, but have some disagreements about this reform," Price said. we need to engage the indi-- v idual and foster awareness at "But we are united that "now is leveL We have the time to act as the state of the grass-root- s many times watched the gov- - Utah for rational changes in Senate. "We're where we need to he," said Rep. David Litvack, Lake City. "We need to hold each other accountable, not only to each other, but to the public." Although the representatives are looking forward to the bill, they were quick to recognize the marathon ahead of them. "To say this is a complicated issue would be the understatement of the session," said Rep. Phil Reisen, Lake City. "We've got a lot of work ahead of us to make sure we do no harm and to be a model for the rest of the country," Reisen said. lt ' Kill-pac- 60-pl- lt r" f V t NT iTiAiT MIC r i (3ele6caimq : ,'! hmrtrt i J MJJILUJJLU3J liU Petite Sirloin Steaks Harmons Prestige USDA Choice Angus Beef Vali ip Parks Vt s , z U lb. Dole Bananas v- I Saturday, February 9, 2008 Con tinued from A I charges of illegally the United states after being deported. If convicted, the illegal workers could face between two and 20 years in employers, and that's unfortunate," Tsai said. Universal, a maker of guard rails, bridge rails and sign that "businesses that attempt to gain an economic or competitive edge by hiring illegals at cheaper cost will be the ones structures, was charged Thurs- at risk." "The effort needs to go today with 10 criminal counts of those facilitating thetr ward harboring illegal immigrants "for commercial advantage" entry, and less emphasis on the between January 2003 and illegal workers. It's like drug December 2006. The maxiprison. dealing. You have to get to the "At the present time, I've not mum penalty for each count manufacturers and distribuis $500,000 in fines or twice tors of illegal drugs. If you yet authorized any criminal the amount of any pecuniary prosecutions of the workers, prosecute the drug users, it's a because for the most part, gain from hiring illegal workrevolving door," he said. , many of them don't have crimiers, whichever is greater. The Ultimately, the message" is nal histories. But that could company is scheduled to enter "put in place procedures to a plea to the criminal charges determine if your workece change if we find workers with severe criminal histories, on Feb. 26. are legal, and make sure the The company's human reoutstanding warrants, or pose a employees who do the hiring . threat to the community," said sources director, Alejandro are doing that, and you have U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman. ; "Alex" Urrutia-Garci- a was nothing to worry about," Tol"Yes, they are here illegally. man said. i charged with two counts of But Tolman stressed that Yes, emotions are running encouraging or inducing ilhigh. But you also have to aplegal workers to stay in the Thursday's sweep was handled a little more humanely than the preciate the humanitarian and United States. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years last ICE action in Utah against compassionate need of these individuals. Many have chil- in prison for each count. The the Swift meat processing dren born here or have famProvo man was plant in Hyrum in December 2006. arrested Thursday morning. ily here who are naturalized citizens. If they have pending He pleaded not guilty to the He said he notified Hispanic criminal charges against them, charges, and was conditionaland Latino leaders here as their ability to come back and ly released from ICE custody soon as the indictments were work legally may be limited," later that day because officials unsealed, and right before and Tolman said. didn't consider him a flight during the ICE raid. "They Some immigration attorneys risk or a danger to the comappreciated the heads-u- p in Utah see the ICE raid at trial on and were able to mobilize re-- , munity. A four-da- y Universal as part of a growhis case is scheduled to start sources to help families of the arrested workers cope with it," ing national trend of increased April 14. enforcement against employhe said. "I also worked with Close to a dozen immigration-related ers who hire undocumented ICE to make sure we have hot measures to deal workers. lines available for family memwith the problem of illegal im"President Bush has doubled migration in Utah are being de- bers of the workers," the number of investigative bated during the state LegislaAlso, no sole breadwinners ture. And until Congress fixes or caregivers were jailed in the agents and dedicated $40 million toward worksite enforceUniversal raid, and at least one this problem, Tolman said he ment," said Roger Tsai, an hopes the ICE raid at Universal individual with medical condiwill send "clear messages that tions was conditionally reimmigration attorney with Parsons Behle & Latimer in illegal immigrants should avoid leased. But he will be required Salt Lake City. "The national Utah." V: to appear before a federal imsentiment is that employers are "Utah happens to be an inmigration judge at a later date. looking the other way and pro- terior state that has quite a bit During Thursday's enforceof illegal immigration, so you ment action, the U.S. Departviding jobs as the magnet for ment of Labor's Wage & Hour illegal immigration. The reality may see more enforcement acis that most employers are tryDivision also ensured the illegal tions in this state than others. With all the building, landscap- workers were paid wages for ing to comply with immigration laws, but don't have the work they had done at the ing and food services industools to detect document fraud tries in Utah, illegals do procompany prior to their arrest. and immigration status." vide a significant work force In the Hyrum raid, more in many of those businesses," "ICE in many ways is essenthan 150 illegal immigrants he said. "The illegal workers were arrested and at least 18 tially trying to scare employers into compliance with the who come to U.S. are making were criminally charged with limited enforcement resources a dash for the interior of the violating federal identity fraud that they have. This raid will statutes and immigration viocountry. They know the borsend ripples of angst amongst der states are where they can lations, according to Melodie be deported and prosecuted. Rydalch, spokeswoman for the And Utah has prime highway US. Attorney's Office in Utah. corridors for illegals coming That ICE raid was part of a national sweep of six Swift through Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona." plants that led to the arrests Tolman hopes Thursday's of nearly 1,300 illegal workers nationwide. sweep drives home the point . lis ; mm mmm Golden Ripe ()(o)(o)i mm lbs IjSir 7- ' . -T ' Sriickerdoodle Cookies i v" 30 oi Package : -; iiv. l mm U XzJ PKG ;. 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