mmigrant group upset by meeting turnout
February 26th, 2011 @ 6:15pm
By Alex Cabrero
SALT LAKE CITY -- As immigration continues to be a hot topic in the Utah Legislature, a group of minority leaders held their first public meeting Saturday afternoon.

The "United Immigrant Community of Utah" met inside the Salt Lake County building. The group's goal was to inform and unite the immigrant community and to announce its continuing community action efforts.

However, only a handful of people showed up.
"Something needs to happen here. Something needs to be fixed here," said Vazquez. "I can feel it every day. People are scared."

Vazquez feels all the immigration talk is centered on Latinos because it's easy to see their skin color and how it looks different from the majority of the population.

"If everyone who came here to this country illegally looked white, then I don't think we would have the problems we have right now," he said.
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