This article, written by Daniel B. Wood, describes the ongoing controversy over illegal immigration. After the negative controversy in Arizona, Utah has developed a compromise in a suite of bills that allow two-year work permits to undocumented immigrants under certain conditions and also to recruit guest workers from Mexico. These measures are seen as beneficial to the business community because before there was a threat to the access of cheap labor, and some claim it will help spur Utah's economy, who commonly gets labor from Latin America.
It is just me, or does there seem to be something very wrong with this article? I was inspired to find an article on immigration after the Sandspur published a controversial piece on illegal immigrants and their children. This is a very current, controversial issue that has many viewpoints. This article presents Utah as some sort of level-headed hero trying to create an immigration plan that others will follow; but I see past this demeanor. It appears that the rights of these immigrants are put on the backburner and the issue of cheap labor becomes the real issue. It's obvious that the reason businesses are for liberal immigration laws is because they want their cheap labor. I see this as orientalism, where the immigrants coming in are seen as the "other" and can help the dominant class.
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