More on Satan, Illegal Immigration, and Utah Reps

Last week, we reported about a novel explanation (it is Satan’s work) of undocumented immigration emanating from Utah. (Here).  Although one might have guessed that this item would quickly go away, it has not.  According to the Daily Herald (Central Utah) (here), Utah County Republicans ended their convention on Saturday by debating Satan’s influence on illegal immigrants. The group was unable to take official action because not enough members stuck around long enough to votes.

The convention was held at Canyon View Junior High School, which seems like an appropriate place for this debate.  Don Larsen, chairman of legislative District 65 for the Utah County Republican Party, had submitted a resolution warning that Satan’s minions want to eliminate national borders and do away with sovereignty. In a speech at the convention, Larsen told those gathered that illegal immigrants “hate American people” and “are determined to destroy this country, and there is nothing they won’t do.” Illegal aliens are in control of the media, and working in tandem with Democrats, are trying to “destroy Christian America” and replace it with “a godless new world order — and that is not extremism, that is fact,” Larsen said. At the end of his speech, Larsen began to cry, saying illegal immigrants were trying to bring about the destruction of the U.S. “by self invasion.”

larsen’s resolution drew a response from some fellow Republicans.  The Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Connecticut & Colorado issued a press release:

“Republican Hispanics are appalled at Republican District 65, Utah, Chairman Don Larsen’s remarks” New Haven, Connecticut & Denver, Colorado- Today the Republican National Hispanic Assembly’s National Committeeman, Juan Montalvo (R-CT) and RNHA Colorado Chairman Gil Cisneros released the following statement expressing their condemnation for District 65 Chairman Don Larson’s comments at the Utah Republican Convention that “illegal immigration is a plot by Satan””On behalf Hispanic Republicans and immigrants in the United States, We are deeply disturbed and appalled that Chairman Don Larson would make such thoughtless, unfounded and bigoted comments. He should be ashamed of himself. It needs to be made very clear that his comments do not express the views or the positions of the RNHA or the RNC.”“It is our suggestion that Chairman Larson retract his comments immediately and resign from his post as District 65 Chairman. We cannot allow any person holding a position of power be so openly bigoted. This goes way beyond freedom of speech”

KJ