Austin Simcox: Mormon pioneers were Utah’s first undocumented immigrants

Pioneer Day usually means parades, barbecues, fireworks and sermons about pioneer grit and faithfulness. Yet, as we celebrate the arrival of those first pioneers in the Salt Lake Valley, let us not forget who we are actually celebrating — undocumented immigrants.It is hard to measure the amount of undocumented immigrants in the United States, but the Pew Research Center estimates that in 2017 there were about 10.5 million and declining, with about 110,000 in Utah.Immigrants come for a vari