A few weeks ago, I sat and listened attentively as a series of American religious leaders explained to several members of a U.S. Senate Subcommittee the reasons that our nation needs comprehensive immigration reform. While Congress might expect support for immigration reform from liberal-leaning mainline denominations, this panel was not the usual suspects: four of five witnesses were theologically (and, for the most part, politically) conservative evangelicals.
While certain radio and television personalities seem to think they speak for all conservatives as they rail against “amnesty” for the “illegal immigrants” they say are “invading” the United States, conservative Christians have courageously taken a more informed, biblical view. Recent public statements by evangelical Christians, in particular, have many on Capitol Hill speculating that immigration might be the issue where President Obama and the Democrats in Congress are able to find common ground with evangelicals, Catholics, and others who tend to lean conservative on social issues.
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