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The Sutherland Institute’s philosophy is simple: We believe that parents are responsible for their children’s education and that the state role in education is primarily as a support to parents. We also believe that educational freedom is a necessary ingredient in providing the best education possible for each individual student.

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Sutherland Releases Immigration Research Report

The Sutherland Institute has released a summary report of recent research, Utah's Citizens and Illegal Immigrants: Side-By-Side. "The report suggests that most illegal immigrants now in Utah add value to society through their family and economic decisions," said Derek Monson, Sutherland policy analyst and primary author of the report. "Therefore, as a state we stand at a crossroads," observed Stan Rasmussen, the Institute's public affairs manager. "We can either encourage these positive impacts by removing barriers to illegal immigrants' efforts to assimilate, or we can create additional problems for them and all Utahns by pushing them further into the shadows through punitive policies. The choice is ours."

The report was presented to the Legislature's Immigration Interim Committee at a meeting conducted on August 27, 2008, in Park City.

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Sutherland Announces New Director of Communications

Sutherland Institute announces the hiring of Jeffery L. Reynolds as its new director of communications. Reynolds has served the past nine and a half years as an associate director of Brigham Young University’s athletic communications department and director of media relations for BYU’s football program.

“We are excited to have someone of Jeff’s caliber and experience join Sutherland,” said Paul T. Mero, president of the Sutherland Institute. “Jeff brings with him a wealth of experience with traditional communications strategies as well as ‘new’ media technologies. What’s more, Jeff understands the value and importance of Sutherland in helping strengthen the conservative principles that act as the fundamental pillars of a free and prosperous Utah.”