Utah is seeing more undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers. Lawmakers made it harder to help them.

The Wasatch Front is experiencing an influx of Latin American immigrants fleeing perilous economic conditions and government repression, but few resources, a lack of connections and a restrictive new state law are making it difficult for newcomers to get on their feet.

It also is hard to find answers online. Those who seek resources from local government websites are more likely to find dead links than help.

While it’s impossible to know exactly how many new immigrants have arrived in Utah recently, service providers and advocates say the swelling need is on their doorsteps.

And unlike places such as Colorado and New York City, neither Utah nor Salt Lake County has a system dedicated to helping asylum seekers and undocumented immigrants who resettle here, leaving many to turn to an overstretched homeless services system that has recently been forced by the Legislature to put up additional barriers to those who come from outside the United States.

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Utah is seeing more undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers. Lawmakers made it harder to help them.

Utah is seeing more undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers. Lawmakers made it harder to help them.

Utah is seeing more undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers. Lawmakers made it harder to help them.

Utah is seeing more undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers. Lawmakers made it harder to help them.

Utah is seeing more undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers. Lawmakers made it harder to help them.