SALT LAKE CITY — Liberal immigration activists are looking to Utah as a compassionate and logical model for shaping the nation’s policies toward illegal immigrants.

Utah leaders — including government, education, business and religious groups — came together in the fall to draft a set of principles to guide the immigration debate in the state. Those guidelines, known as the Utah Compact, state in part that illegal immigrants are essential to the economy and deserving of respect.

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