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Noncriminal illegal immigrants swept up by ICE almost as often as fugitive counterparts

"Why arrested?" a Hispanic man wearing a black muscle shirt and red basketball shorts asked in English while being led to a white van. "Ilegalmente," said an ICE agent. "No papeles." Ref. Source 1

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Immigration debate goes on in Sandstrom's absence

Asked about the LDS Church's call for compassion for all, Herrod, who is a church member, said his understanding is that the church has long asked members to stay in their own countries. He cited statistics showing that 16 percent of the state's murderers and 22 percent of those convicted of raping a child are illegal immigrants. Ref. Source 8

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Deportation Day: Family torn apart as husband heads to Mexico
Family torn apart as husband heads to Mexico

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flies thousands of illegal immigrants to southeastern Texas from all over the country dozens of times a week, including four or five flights from the West. A white, unmarked MD80 stops in Salt Lake City each Thursday en route to Harlingen, Texas, where buses shuttle deportees to ports of entry in Brownsville and Hidalgo. They walk across the border to Matamoros and Reynosa, Mexico, respectively. Ref. Source 4

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Comments: [In my opinion] the LDS Church contradicts its own 12th Article of Faith!

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Deportation may shatter life of Argentine artists

The Argentine couple moved to Utah to work on projects that reflect their deeply held religious beliefs. Zalazar is meticulous about creating scriptural scenes on stained glass. Correa painstakingly etches each flower and scroll to the last detail, including all the glass in the Draper Temple. Ref. Source 9

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Family who fled anti-Mormon, anti-American sentiment will be deported Thursday

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement late Tuesday denied Claudio Correa's and Deborah Zalazar de Correa's petition to delay their deportation so Correa could finish treatment for hepatitis C and their son could complete high school. ICE gave them less than two days to prepare for a flight to Buenos Aires on Thursday. Sen. Orrin Hatch intervened on the Correas' behalf to no avail. Hatch spokeswoman Heather Barney said the office explored all the options, but at this point the family has none. Ref. Source 7

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I did not know there was anti-Mormon sentiment so bad in Argentina that you would have to leave the country because of it. When I was there in 2005 I don't remember feeling like that.

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There isn't.

Just like anywhere else, some people do not like people who speak English because it reminds them of the British and the whole Falkland Islands issue. In this case, one of these Argentines claims that was working in an American company and they received menacing phone calls and his home was vandalized with graffiti such as "Go away Yankee Mormon." A bomb threat to the company was the final straw (according to them).

However, if that's the case and they had to flee the country why they didn't ask for asylum status? Instead they stayed by some friends who they thought were going to file for a work visa in their behalf. They claimed they didn't know they could file for asylum and discovered that two years later.

Personally, I have my reservations on this case.