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The Church really needs to stay out of this one. This is one of those topics that well meaning individuals can legitimately disagree on.

My opinion on the subject mirrors my opinion on entering the Church. There is a proper way to enter a Country (Through naturalization, and gaining a love for a country,pledging allegiance to that country), and there is a proper way to enter the Church (Faith, Repentance, Baptism, Covenants).

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Maybe the way the church sees it is like investigators. They don't need to do all those things (baptism, etc) to come to church or the activities they just come. It's only when they want to be part of it truly then they meet with the missionaries, etc. That can be comparable to when someone wants to get legal status while visiting.

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Hi everyone. I was reading this morning the SLT (Salt Lake Tribune) and read that LDS Latinos are writing President Monson asking him to publicly give an official stand on this issue because it's causing division within the membership. If they're waiting for that I'm afraid they will wait in vain....

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Fact or fiction? The myths and realities of illegal immigration

You can hardly turn on your computer without tripping over statistics like these: "Every day, illegal aliens murder 12 Americans" and "$200 billion a year in suppressed American wages are caused by illegal aliens."

Or you may have heard some of these claims: "Illegal immigrants cause most of the crime and drug problems here. They don't pay taxes. They crowd our schools." Ref. Source 8

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Utah immigrant verification program has loophole

SALT LAKE CITY - A state website created to certify that businesses are checking the immigration status of new employees doesn't verify whether the companies are actually complying with the law.

The Verify Utah website went live this week to publicly display who is using the federal E-Verify system, which cross-checks names and other information against federal databases. Ref. Source 9

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DREAM act could help 23,000 children of Utah illegal immigrants

It would give conditional legal status to people brought to America by illegal-immigrant parents if they entered the country before age 16, were present continuously for five years before passage of the bill, obtain a high school degree and are younger than age 35. Ref. Source 2

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Herbert calls for investigation into list of 1,300 identified as illegal immigrants

SALT LAKE CITY - An anonymous group says it quietly watched Hispanics in their neighborhoods, schools, churches and "public welfare buildings" to compile a list of 1,300 people it says are illegal immigrants living in Utah. The group sent the list to law enforcement agencies and news media demanding that those named "be deported immediately." Ref. Source 6?

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"They Have Terrorized Our Community": Anti-Immigrant List Targets Latinos in Utah

An anonymous group has distributed a list that is spreading terror and outrage among the Latino community in Utah. The list includes names, addresses, workplaces, phone numbers, birth dates and, in some cases, Social Security numbers of some 1,300 people that the group alleges are undocumented. The list was sent to law enforcement officials, state lawmakers and the media, and urges that those on the list be immediately deported. All the names are Latino, and they include over 200 children and the due dates for six pregnant women. We speak to Tony Yapias of Proyecto Latino de Utah. Ref. Source 1