Mormon pioneers illegal

[helderheid]

Updated Jul 22, 2010 01:01PM
In “Try our July 24 pop quiz” (Tribune, July 18), Pat Bagley forgot the most important aspect of Utah’s “living history.” This question should be asked in reference to the Utah pioneers: Which country had the sovereign rights to the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847? Answer: Mexico.

Yes, in fact, Brigham Young and his fellow pioneers were here illegally because they did not have papers from the Mexican government allowing them to be in its territory, much less to settle it. Utah did not become part of the United States until after the Mexican-American War ended in 1848.

The Days of ’47 commemorates the acts of illegal aliens looking for a better life for their families by fleeing the turmoil and oppression in their home country. I wonder if their names are on a list anywhere?

Luciano Santiago Martinez

Murray

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/49952974-82/july-pioneers-utah-illegal.html.csp

And in OTHER news...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jqfjMEGvQIw-THl1W1KVwyfudpVgD9H47QL83

SALT LAKE CITY — A person familiar with the case says a computer specialist with the Utah Department of Workforce Services is being invesigated in the distribution of a list of 1,300 purported illegal immigrants.

The person identified the worker as Teresa Bassett, speaking on condition of anonymity because the individual was not authorized to release details about the investigation.

Bassett could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday.

Utah officials say two state workers methodically viewed private records to compile the list.

[Kali]

1. Mexico welcomed the Mormons

it has the second largest number of them after the US

[Chulanowa]

2. Pretty much every American holiday celebrates illegal immigrants

We didn't issue papers to a bunch of hairy people who catch fire in the sun, that's for sure.