I have a lot of respect for the Mormons, but I don't like what they did here at all!
Maybe they are just tryin to find a way to use all illegal alien labor for that new mall they are building. And this way they can do it will unpaid volunteers!
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Just doing the missionary work that Americans won't do.
Once again, Mormons try to exempt themselves from the laws of this nation.
Except for that part, I wouldn't have a problem with it. If they were just talking about casual volunteers, it would be a reasonable exception, to shiled churches from liability re members' immigration status, and remove the potentially expensive need to screen all church members/participants for immigration status. I don't think anybody wants to see immigration officials raiding church-sponsored volunteer activities. But when volunteers are involved in such a major way as to be provided housing and living expenses by the church, then it's not unreasonable to expect the church to screen the volunteers (for immigration status and a lot of other things). It's one thing if somebody's illegal immigrant grandma is volunteering in the church nursery on Sunday mornings; a completely different thing if youth sleep-away camps and missionary training centers are being staffed by illegal immigrants (e.g. if they can't screen for immigration status, how could they have screened for registered sex-offender status?).
I could write a book about the short-sighted jackasses who voted this measure into law without the forethought that terrorist-loving cults would/could use it to gain access to American strategic interests.
With "leaders" like those, America is certainly in trouble.
I am going to stat a church (Congregation size: 1 and growing) and ask the Government to write a shield law letting me rob grocery stores since the groceries and money will be used to help the poor.
I see de Momons done gots thisselves some new unpaid slaves!