Mormon Church urges civility on immigration

DJ details LDS urgings that the ever-polarizing immigration issue be dealt with in a civil manner by all involved. Civility is considered an important ethic for Mormons.

The Republican Attorney General in Utah just came down very hard on state employees who leaked a bogus blacklist of supposed illegal immigrants, saying “I see it more [...]

Multiple federal lands in Arizona now warning against travel

Among them:

Dennis Godfrey, a spokesman for the Bureau of Land Management’s Arizona office, said roughly a dozen signs were posted earlier this month along the Sonoran Desert National Monument advising that travel in the area is not recommended due to “active drug and human” smuggling. The signs are not far from where a [...]

Arizona to pass harsh immigration law

Polls show 70% of the population supports the law, which mandates that police can check anyone for immigration papers, that municipalities can not declare safe haven and ignore the law, and that citizens can sue if they think police aren’t enforcing the law strongly enough. The governor will redoubtably sign the bill. There have been [...]

Tight US immigration forces outsourcing: Bill Gates

US high-tech companies are being forced to outsource more jobs overseas because of outdated restrictions on immigration, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates told Congress Wednesday.

Gates, echoing a longstanding complaint from the technology sector, told a congressional panel that the US immigration system “makes attracting and retaining high-skilled immigrants exceptionally challenging for US firms.”

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