Obama Holds Closed-Door Meeting With Mormon Leaders About Immigration and Religious Freedom

President Barack Obama held a closed-door meeting with leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Thursday night, with the group discussing immigration and religious freedom, among other subjects.

“The President is pleased to meet with top LDS leaders as so many presidents before him have done,” White House deputy press secretary Eric Schultz told reporters before the meeting. “Among other issues, they will discuss the church’s long record of service, including its work on disaster relief and other humanitarian issues, and the need to fix our broken immigration system.”

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