Thursday, March 01, 2012

Evangelical leaders call for immigration overhaul

Church leaders are calling for immigration reform in a humane way. The Bible says "I was a stranger and you welcomed me". - - Donna Poisl

By Tom Bassing, BIRMINGHAM, Ala

(Reuters) - Evangelical Christian leaders took up a bully pulpit on Thursday to call for a "humane" overhaul of the U.S. immigration system in response to tough crackdowns on illegal immigrants enacted by Alabama and other states.

"Because I'm a Christian I believe in comprehensive, common-sense, humane immigration policy," the Rev. Gabriel Salguero, president of the New York-based National Latino Evangelical Coalition, told a conference of evangelical leaders in Birmingham.
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