‘Mormon Land’: Some LDS Trump voters surprised to see fellow believers targeted in immigration crackdown
Mass deportations could do serious harm to the church, warns Latter-day Saint immigration attorney.
(Alex Brandon | AP) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holds a briefing in Maryland. The current U.S. crackdown on immigration has divided the nation and Latter-day Saints.
To Christians everywhere, the story of refugees is a part of Scripture. It is sacred. Adam and Eve, Moses and the Israelites, the Book of Mormon’s Lehi and his family, even Mary, Joseph and the child Jesus.
The history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints includes an epic journey of migrants fleeing persecution to find a promised land.
Latter-day Saints, then, have a natural affinity for immigrants. On top of that, modern Mormonism attracts converts seeking a better life.
Uprooted from their homes, many immigrants find a safe haven in the religious and congregational life of Latter-day Saints.
What should the church and its members think and do about current U.S. efforts to round up and deport immigrants who lack current legal status and even, in many cases, those here legally?
On this week’s show, Charles Kuck, a Latter-day Saint immigration attorney in Atlanta who has served as a bishop of a Spanish-language congregation, discusses the church and immigration.
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