Advocacy groups have asked federal officials to investigate last month's release of a list of 1,300 purported illegal immigrants in Utah.
The organizations asked regional Food Stamp and Medicaid program chiefs in a letter Friday to respond publicly to the privacy breach and to offer federal privacy law training to state employees.
Among other groups, the letter was signed by the Citizen's Education Project, the Disabled Rights Action Committee and the Anti-Hunger Action Committee.
The Utah Department of Workforce Services says the personal information came from its databases and has identified two of its employees as being responsible.
The list was anonymously sent to law enforcement and local media, demanding that those on it be deported.
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