Thread: Utah Church Issues Statement: Go Easy. Pause. Compassion

SALT LAKE CITY — A statement just released from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reaffirms the federal government's role in enforcing immigration laws, and suggests that any state legislation that only contains enforcement provisions is likely to fall short.

The LDS Church said it supports an approach where undocumented immigrants are allowed to square themselves with the law and continue to work, without it necessarily leading toward citizenship.

The statement goes on to say the church supports a balanced and civil approach to immigration reform "fully consistent with its tradition of compassion" with "reverence for family and commitment to law."

"The history of mass expulsion or mistreatment of individuals or families is cause for concern especially where race, culture, or religion are involved. This should give pause to any policy that contemplates targeting any one group, particularly if that group comes mostly from one heritage." -LDS Church statement
"Any policy that contemplates targeting any one group should give us pause," the statement says.

The much-anticipated statement is significant, as the issues surrounding immigration continue to dominate Utah's people and politics.

The timing is also significant because a lot of people are interested in the state's new guest worker law, HB116. Some people see it as too lenient, and some state Republicans are looking to pass a resolution to change it at the upcoming state convention.

Utah is the first state to enact laws to let illegal workers remain in the state along with their families. Gov. Gary Herbert was among those who trumpeted it as the "Utah solution," a way to strike a balance.

Conservatives -- those who feel there should be a zero tolerance policy on immigration issues -- are pushing to change HB116.

The Church's statement acknowledges the problems created by a lack of a federal government solution, calling current situation "unsustainable."

But the statement also says that a "bedrock moral issue for the Church is how we treat each others as children of God."

Enforcement provisions, the statement says, are likely to fall short of that high moral standard of treating each other as children of God. It calls for compassion and a balanced, civil approach.
Source: KSL.com


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Again, the use of the word immigration instead of illegal immigration!!!

In the meantime, over 50,000 Utah's children have had their social security numbers stolen by illegal immigrants and not a single word from the Church about compassion towards the victims of illegal immigration.

Maybe its leadership assumes that job-related felonies and social security number theft victims do not need the same level of compassion as illegals do. After all, what's damaged credit, inability to get a job, scholarship or buy a car when a citizen turns 16 just because his or her social had been misused by one or more illegal aliens?

Obviously the victims of illegal immigration must not be considered children of God deserving of justice when they get ripped off, hurt or sometimes even killed by illegal aliens DUI's, etc.
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They can talk all the talk they want,but when these states start figuring the REAL COSTS of ILLEGAL ALIENS more laws will be introduced in states to crack down on it.

The Sanctuary States will start getting more and more of the dislodged illegals and their costs will rise ever higher and the taxpayers will tell them,they won't take it anymore.

The Church does not run the states. The taxpayers do........

But the statement also says that a "bedrock moral issue for the Church is how we treat each others as children of God."

So illegals can steal from the US but we have to be nice to them? How moral is that? It sounds like the "Church" is more interested in the money they get from Illegals then the actual word of God.

I don't give a flying fig what the Mormon Church thinks our Federal and State immigration policies should be. No one who is not a Mormon is allowed to enter the temple - but what if illegal aliens decided to break into their temple - that would be okay?

But the statement also says that a "bedrock moral issue for the Church is how we treat each others as children of God."

The key is how we treat each other. I haven't met one illegal alien that treats American citizens as children of God. Why should that only be a one way street?

Originally Posted by sugarhighwolf

But the statement also says that a "bedrock moral issue for the Church is how we treat each others as children of God."

So illegals can steal from the US but we have to be nice to them? How moral is that? It sounds like the "Church" is more interested in the money they get from Illegals then the actual word of God.

From what I have heard from others,is ,that they DO NOT contribute to the church they attend since they send a lot of their money back to their countries.

It is obviously time for us who live in Utah to take our state back from the church, the Governor, and 200,000 illegal alien invaders who have no right to be here. The hypocrisy of the Church on this issue is off the charts. They have gone against their own teachings and thrown their own lifelong members under the bus. We, the people of the state, will prevail against them and all others who think they are going to turn the state into a sanctuary state. The a majority of the churches own members oppose them on this one, they are going to find out the hard way.