Thread: State Workers Who Identified Illegal Aliens Face Criminal Ch

Face criminal charges for violating state and federal privacy laws

State Workers Who Identified Illegal Aliens Face Criminal Charges

By Jim Kouri
Friday, July 30, 2010

“We live in a topsy-turvey nation and this story should anger all Americans. Suddenly our nation is prosecuting patriots while protecting lawbreakers,â€

where is the whistle blower protection ? i thought government employee's who exposed government fraud were suppose to be protected ?

insanity ....

http://risk.utah.gov/legal/documents/6- ... ndment.pdf

Utah Law reads:

67-21-3. Reporting of governmental waste or violations of law -- Employer action -- Exceptions.


(1) (a) An employer may not take adverse action against an employee because the employee, or a person authorized to act on behalf of the
employee, communicates in good faith the existence of any waste of public funds, property, or manpower, or a violation or suspected violation of a law, rule, or regulation adopted under the law of this state, a political subdivision of this state, or any recognized entity of the United States.
(b) For purposes of Subsection (1)(a), an employee is presumed to have communicated in good faith if he gives written notice or otherwise formally communicates the waste, violation, or reasonable suspicion to the state auditor. This presumption may be rebutted by showing that the employee knew or reasonably ought to have known that the report is malicious, false, or frivolous.
(2) An employer may not take adverse action against an employee because an employee participates or gives information in an investigation, hearing, court proceeding, legislative or other inquiry, or other form of administrative review held by the public body.
(3) An employer may not take adverse action against an employee because the employee has objected to or refused to carry out a directive that the employee reasonably believes violates a law of this state, a political subdivision of this state, or the United States, or a rule or regulation adopted under the authority of the laws of this state, a political subdivision of this state, or the United States.
(4) An employer may not implement rules or policies that unreasonably restrict an employee's ability to document the existence of any waste of public funds, property, or manpower, or a violation or suspected violation of any laws, rules, or regulations.

http://le.utah.gov/~code/TITLE67/htm/67_21_000300.htm

So, they will likely sue these "employees" at the federal level, as it says, for violation of privacy laws. The penalties can be substantial. In the meantime, I doubt that anything happened to any illegal on that list.

For whatever reasons, nobody wants to rattle the illegals cage. Maybe they've become a protected class in America possibly because of corporate profits and trade agreements. Who knows.

P.S.: I'm not 100% sure, but one of those employees was allegedly salaried at nearly $175,000 per year.