Posted on 04/25/2009 6:05:34 AM PDT by frankenMonkey
The arrest of an undocumented immigrant returning last week from his LDS mission has sparked discussion at the highest levels of the church about how to limit such exposure in the future.
"With the known realization that those risks exist, then we want to do better, or at least learn more," LDS apostle Jeffrey R. Holland, said Friday during an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune . "We want to be more precise, if we can, about how to help, how to make [a mission] the calmest, most spiritually rewarding experience for everybody." Early last week, a missionary was detained at the Cincinnati airport for "lacking necessary documentation to board his flight home," according to Michael Purdy, LDS Church spokesman. That triggered fears in the undocumented LDS community in Utah, and already prompted a change in how one Utah missionary returned home.
The young man, a Salt Lake Valley resident, completed a mission in Oklahoma and was scheduled to return home two days after church leaders heard of the unrelated arrest in Ohio. The mission president contacted local Utah church leaders, and it was decided the missionary's uncle would drive out to Oklahoma to bring the missionary home, which he did.
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Zakeet is simply a Mormon Hater. Mormons are not polygamists. Thanks for calling him out on this.
Certainly this is not “honoring and sustaining the law” and as I mentioned, this must have been a situation created by local leaders and not the Church itself. Our Church is very conscious of its image and of doing the right thing. When things like this happen, it allows Mormon Haters to burst forth and to join with those who are conscious of our border problem, such as me. Since I have been subjected to bigotry most of my life, this is not a comfortable position to be in. Trust me, however, this problem will be cleaned up soon. The LDS Church is not a Sanctuary Church.
The whole pro-illegal immigrant movement is solely about the selfishness of its proponents. And that includes some churches.
The article quotes various church leaders in SLC, so it appears to be known and approved at the top. The article is from the Tribune, however, an anti-LDS rag.
Better that he be a missionary "down home" than that he cower in fear of being picked up in Cincinatti eh!
What is the missionary’s position on this?
Only way to be an immigrant, in fact, is to have an immigration visa. Otherwise you are just another foreign visitor whose purpose is to leave her and go back home.
According to my sources:
A non-citizen that is eligible to join the military must meet certain requirements: (1) Have an Alien Registration Receipt Card (stamped I-94 or I-551 Green card/INS Form 1-551), (2) Have a bona fide residence established, and (3) Have established a record of the U.S. as their home.
Well, finally the Mormon and Catholic heirachy have something in common......aiding and abetting illegal aliens.
Agreed!
As I understand it, the Catholics are up-front about it, providing sanctuaries. And if the Catholic creed expressly states "We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law." I am unaware of it.
#1, isn't it to automatically label all followers of Christian sects as apostate sects;
to label all their professing believers "corrupt";
all their creeds "an abomination" before the Lord [Pearl of Great Price, Joseph Smith - History, vv. 18-20]
-- isn't that intolerably "bigoted?"
#2, If somebody is wrong re: as to accuse others of being "hate-filled" when they aren't, doesn't that come closer to "hate" than to "love?"
Our Church is very conscious of its image and of doing the right thing. When things like this happen...
Did you mean when things like this happen -- or when things like this are FOUND OUT? (Especially in light of post #15?)
AS a point of history, you might want to examine the case of
poor Helmuth. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmuth_H%C3%BCbener)
Quote for the time
“First, we killl all the Jews, then we start with the Mormons...”
In that, they were not unlike the Americans who seem to enjoy killing mormons....
History is only maliable to the observer.
“In light of Post # 15”:
The Mormon Church is comprised of volunteers. Nearly every member has a “calling”. Mine is to serve as an Employment Specialist in assisting members and non members find jobs. I have never knowingly placed an illegal in any position. Further, I live in Phoenix and our construction industry is struggling. Illegals are not sucking up the jobs here.
From the article: That triggered fears in the undocumented LDS community in Utah, and already prompted a change in how one Utah missionary returned home. The young man, a Salt Lake Valley resident, completed a mission in Oklahoma and was scheduled to return home two days after church leaders heard of the unrelated arrest in Ohio. The mission president contacted local Utah church leaders, and it was decided the missionary’s uncle would drive out to Oklahoma to bring the missionary home, which he did.
“The travel department of the church has to rethink everything. Things have changed, and they need a whole new policy,” said a local church official who was aware of the situation. “With ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] hitting them at the bus terminals and airports, this opens a whole new discussion. I don’t know how many undocumented immigrants we have serving missions, but I’m sure this is going to repeat itself.”
LDS Church leaders have had evolving policies on how to keep undocumented missionaries safe. But this is the first time Holland has heard of a missionary being arrested by immigration officials while serving.
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So now they are aiding and abetting criminals? What happend to “We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.” (12th Article of Faith).
The missionaries are breaking the law by being here illegally.
IF a potential missionary were continuing to break ANY OTHER law then they would not be considered “worthy” to go on a mission.
ok, but SLC signs off on all mission calls. Why is SLC not using the “spirit of discernment”?
Real easy way to stop this. Require a SSN on the mission call forms.
Mormons are not polygamists
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Well, not ANYMORE. At least in this life.
The LDS Church is not a Sanctuary Church.
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Apparently their Mission policies show otherwise.
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