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Podcast: Mormon Land
Episode: Members can fight Trump’s crackdown, LDS immigration attorney says, in ways the church can’t or won’t | Episode 402
Description: 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...