Kit Bond in 2024 MO Governor's race

On Immigration: 1976: cancel 1838 order to deport Mormons; it's unjust

Ashcroft said he, too, would declare the influx of immigrants an invasion.

If Eigel's plan were to be activated, it would be the second time in state history that a governor has ordered the mass removal of people based on a social or cultural characteristic. In 1838, Gov. Lilburn Boggs issued the infamous "Extermination Order" calling out the militia to drive Mormons from the state.

The order against Mormons wasn't officially canceled until 1976, when Republican Gov. Kit Bond wrote a recission order that stated, "Boggs' order clearly contravened the rights to life, liberty, property and religious freedom" and apologized "for the injustice and undue suffering" it caused.