The following statement was issued to the media today in response to false accusations against me, Ron Mortensen, chairman of Citizens for Tax Fairness and other leaders of Utah’s Coalition On Illegal Immigration.  This comes on the heels of several interviews recently in which we have requested Utah’s Attorney General Mark Shurtleff to enforce the law on Utah’s books, to support Arizona’s new law and to get behind Utah Representative Steve Sandstrom’s Arizona-like immigration bill. 

Our coalition represents thousands of Utah citizens and is confident that the vast majority of Utahns want to stop the flood of illegal immigrants who are taking advantage of our social entitlements, who are bringing drugs across the border and who are stealing children’s social security numbers.  We will be meeting with Utah’s Governor Gary Herbert later in July to discuss necessary solutions.  Read More→