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Family is deported to Argentina amid tears

SALT LAKE CITY - Deborah Zalazar de Correa and her two teenage children, Kevin and Magali, sit quietly at a gate in concourse B at the Salt Lake International Airport. Their expressions move from sad to thoughtful and back again as they trade pensive looks, oblivious to the bustle of the busy terminal. A few seats away, two men in suits sit with stacks of papers, monitoring and isolating the small family. Ref. Source 2

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Community leaders urge moderate approach to immigration reform

SALT LAKE CITY - Community, business, political and religious leaders gathered at the Utah State Capitol Thursday to plead with lawmakers to take a moderate approach to immigration legislation. Representatives from the Salt Lake City mayor's office, the Salt Lake Chamber, the Sutherland Institute, the Utah Attorney General's... Ref. Source 2

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Here the statement issued by the Church on Immigration:

Read it in full: Source 3

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New York Times Editorial Praises the Utah Compact

In a 4 December editorial, The New York Times praised the Utah Compact, a document supported by groups and individuals who were concerned about the tone of Utah's immigration discussion. The New York Times editorial states:

"Not all the political news this year involves the rise of partisan extremism and government by rage. There has been lots of that. But maybe there is a limit, a point when people of good sense and good will band together to say no. As they have just done in Utah." Ref. Source 2

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Among Mormons, a deep divide on immigration

Two leading Utah activists embody opposite views on the issue - and both cite the church's teachings as the core of their positions. Ref. Source 6

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Group wants Mexico to suspend visas for Mormon missionaries

SALT LAKE CITY - A small group of Latino Utah residents wants the president of Mexico to suspend the visas of Mormon missionaries until the LDS Church takes a stronger stand on the immigration issue. Ref. Source 7

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Immigration bills putting Utah Latino community on edge

"These bills are all targeted to our Latino brothers and sisters. It's time we called a spade a spade," he said. "They're trying to make this a totally white society with totally white workers." Ref. Source 3

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Non-sense. It has nothing to do with race but with doing things the RIGHT way! If you don't have papers, you cannot be here or work. End of the story.