another back door into america.

Utah's per-capita share of residents with ancestral links to the tropical Pacific isles of Tonga, Samoa, Hawaii, Tahiti, Guam, Fiji and to Maori peoples of New Zealand is now the highest in the continental U.S., and behind only Hawaii and Alaska nationwide.....The estimated 36,777 Utahns who label themselves as having native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander origins now account for a little more than four of every 30 of the state's 2.8 million residents, according to recent U.S. Census data. The group grew by between 60 and 70 percent in the past decade alone.....But many also stayed and have continued to arrive from the Pacific islands, led here by ongoing Mormon missionary work in the region, ties to family already settled here and the promise of economic and educational betterment.

Tongans and Samoans are now the largest segment of Utah's Polynesian community, accounting for more than two-thirds of the Pacific Islander population. Recent evidence also suggests increasing numbers of Pacific Islanders claim mixed origins, part of patterns of intermarriage among those of different Polynesian ancestries and with other ethnic groups, a broadening trend over the past two decades, nationally and in Utah.

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soylentgreen said:

Illegally crossing borders is one way into america but another way seems to be to join the mormon church. While that does not attract many mexicans it has worked well for the pacific island people.

From the islands to the highlands: Polynesians are thriving in Utah - The Salt Lake Tribune



It would appear that a good reason to become a mormon is that you can then become an american.

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reinoe said:

I have no problem with this at all. The Mormon church sponsors them and helps them become citizens (that's the impression I got anyway). I saw nothing about them illegally immigrating unless I missed it. It's a far better choice than what liberals advocate : bringing as many over illegally as possible and then granting them amnesty. Allowing illegal immigrants to collect at taxpayer expense.

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soylentgreen said:

Illegally crossing borders is one way into america but another way seems to be to join the mormon church. While that does not attract many mexicans it has worked well for the pacific island people.

From the islands to the highlands: Polynesians are thriving in Utah - The Salt Lake Tribune



It would appear that a good reason to become a mormon is that you can then become an american.

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soylentgreen said:

So if the roman catholic church started sponsoring mexicans then not a problem there either?

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soylentgreen said:

So if the roman catholic church started sponsoring mexicans then not a problem there either?

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reinoe said:

Liberals have been in their echo-chamber bubbles for so long that they cannot even wrap their minds around the notion of legal immigration. The post you quoted highlighted that the immigration is legal. It highlighted why it's legal. It highlighted why there is support. And then, unable to grasp the concept, you immediately tried to deflect to the support being due to religion and not by the fact that it's entirely legal. I guess liberals are too far gone and cannot even understand the concept of a legal immigration process.

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