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On Scripture: Fear and Wisdom In The Immigration Debate
Originally Posted: 06/19/2013 - 11:29am | Type: Blog

They have many labels. Undocumented immigrants. Illegal Immigrants. Illegal Aliens. Wetbacks. Jan Brewer, the governor of Arizona, recently suggested that most of them are “drug mules.” Some have even called t ...

Sojourners—Welcoming Immigrants With Open Arms
Originally Posted: 06/14/2013 - 2:18pm | Type: Press

June 14, 2013 Sojo in the News Jakeman Law ...

Immigration Reform Crucial to Future of Evangelical Church, Analysts Say
Originally Posted: 06/11/2013 - 3:26pm | Type: Press

June 7, 2013 Sojo in the News Stoyan Zaimov ...

Evangelical leaders unite for immigration reform
Originally Posted: 06/10/2013 - 10:10am | Type: Press

June 6, 2013 Sojo in the News Angie Moses ...

First Baptist Orlando helps lead faith-based support for immigration reform
Originally Posted: 06/10/2013 - 2:26pm | Type: Press

June 5, 2013 Sojo in the News Jeff Kunerth ...

Evangelicals pushing Republicans to back immigration reform
Originally Posted: 06/12/2013 - 11:15am | Type: Press

June 7, 2013 Sojo in the News Daniel Gonzalez ...

Colorado Approves Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants
Originally Posted: 06/06/2013 - 1:10pm | Type: Blog

Colorado became the eighth U.S. state to grant driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants on Wednesday. Colorado became the eighth U.S. state to grant driver's lic ...

John Boehner Vital to Immigration and the Debt Ceiling
Originally Posted: 06/05/2013 - 2:23pm | Type: Blog

John Boehner's future political aspirations could be a big deciding factor in his stance on immigration and the debt ceiling John Boehner's future political aspirations ...

‘Amnesty Man’ Rubio publicly bashed in Florida
Originally Posted: 06/03/2013 - 4:21pm | Type: Press

May 31, 2013 Sojo in the News Elizabeth Dorton ...

S.C. Pastor Adds Voice to National Call for Bipartisan Immigration Reform
Originally Posted: 06/03/2013 - 4:18pm | Type: Press

May 31, 2013 Sojo in the News Charleston Chronicle ...

IMMIGRATION REFORM: NumbersUSA, evangelical group run ads
Originally Posted: 06/03/2013 - 4:13pm | Type: Press

June 1, 2013 Sojo in the News David Olson ...

Evangelicals doing more than just praying for immigration reform
Originally Posted: 06/03/2013 - 4:11pm | Type: Press

June 1, 2013 Sojo in the News Griselda Nevarez ...

Willow Creek Church's Lynne Hybels Says Immigration Reform Is Personal
Originally Posted: 06/03/2013 - 4:04pm | Type: Press

May 31, 2013 Sojo in the News Leonardo Blair ...

Evangelical group announces new media campaign
Originally Posted: 06/03/2013 - 2:26pm | Type: Press

May 31, 2013 Sojo in the News The Crescent-News ...

Political Ads Supporting and Against Immigration Reform Hit Kentucky
Originally Posted: 06/03/2013 - 2:24pm | Type: Press

May 31, 2013 Sojo in the News Phillip M. Bailey ...

Evangelical Christians call for Immigration Reforms
Originally Posted: 06/03/2013 - 2:20pm | Type: Press

May 30, 2013 Sojo in the News Stu Johnson ...

Evangelicals Targeted by Immigration Reform Ads
Originally Posted: 06/03/2013 - 2:09pm | Type: Press

May 30, 2013 Sojo in the News Mike Osborne ...

Palmetto state is focus of immigration reform battle
Originally Posted: 06/03/2013 - 2:05pm | Type: Press

May 30, 2013 Sojo in the News Joel Allen ...

Farm Leaders Back Immigration Bill
Originally Posted: 06/03/2013 - 1:54pm | Type: Press

May 31, 2013 Sojo in the News Jeremy Redmon ...

Evangelical group releases ad in support of immigration reform
Originally Posted: 06/03/2013 - 1:42pm | Type: Press

May 31, 2013 Sojo in the News Chas Sisk ...

O.C. pastor: Immigration debate boils down to loving thy neighbor
Originally Posted: 06/03/2013 - 1:37pm | Type: Press

May 30, 2013 Sojo in the News Cindy Chang ...

Evangelical Christians launch campaign to #Pray4Reform of immigration system
Originally Posted: 05/31/2013 - 5:02pm | Type: Press

May 30, 2013 Sojo in the News Nicole Narea ...

Evangelical leaders spend $250,000 to back immigration reform
Originally Posted: 05/31/2013 - 4:56pm | Type: Press

May 30, 2013 Sojo in the News Kathleen McGrory ...

Immigration reform ads target evangelicals
Originally Posted: 05/31/2013 - 4:53pm | Type: Press

May 31, 2013 Sojo in the News Staff ...

Nuns on the Bus Back in D.C.
Originally Posted: 05/31/2013 - 4:50pm | Type: Blog

The Nuns on the Bus stopped by Washington, D.C., this week, and Sojourners staffers were on hand to return high fives and listen to speeches from the sisters and leaders in the labor movement. This was just on ...

National Clergy Leaders Urge Protection of Family Unity as Senate Immigration Markup Proceeds
Originally Posted: 05/16/2013 - 2:01pm | Type: Press

May 15, 2013 Sojo in the News Mel Fabrikant ...

House Immigration Group at Impasse
Originally Posted: 05/15/2013 - 1:32pm | Type: Blog

The House’s bipartisan immigration group has reached a impasse over many facets of the immigration legislation including the employment verification program. The House’s bipartis ...

Christians Wrestle with Immigration Reform
Originally Posted: 05/14/2013 - 3:41pm | Type: Press

May 13, 2013 Sojo in the News Mark D. Tooley ...

Gang of 8 Defends Guest Worker Plan
Originally Posted: 05/14/2013 - 11:38am | Type: Blog

The Gang of Eight will work this week to stop amendments to the guest work portion of the immigration bill. The Gang of Eight is banding together across party lines to fend off a ...

On Scripture: When 'Homeland Security' Keeps Us From Encountering God
Originally Posted: 05/10/2013 - 9:22am | Type: Blog

When I’m very different from someone else and yet we manage to live into an authentic unity supported by trust, we may gain a glimpse into God’s own wideness, perhaps discovering God to be more than we predict ...

1 in 10 Los Angeles Residents Are Undocumented
Originally Posted: 05/09/2013 - 11:42am | Type: Blog

The study estimated that 7 percent of California residents were undocumented. In Los Angeles County the number jumped to 10 percent. A study by the University of Southern Califo ...

Conservatives Back Immigration Reform
Originally Posted: 05/09/2013 - 10:56am | Type: Blog

Conservatives have united around immigration reform. Conservatives have united around immigration reform. Over two dozen signed a statement supporting legislation to overhaul US ...

Evangelicals on Immigration Reform: 'How We Treat the Stranger Is How We Treat Christ'
Originally Posted: 05/09/2013 - 10:19am | Type: Press

May 9, 2013 Sojo in the News Stoyan Zaimov ...

Republicans Demand Stronger Border Security in Immigration Bill
Originally Posted: 05/08/2013 - 3:25pm | Type: Blog

Republicans are pushing for stronger border security measures in the immigration bill. Republicans are pushing for stronger border security measures in the immigration bill. Stro ...

Conservatives Split on Immigration Reform
Originally Posted: 05/07/2013 - 4:32pm | Type: Blog

A bitter public fight began on among conservatives on Monday over the cost of immigration reform. The Heritage Foundation released a study on Monday that estimate the bipartisan i ...

Four Additional Hurdles for Immigration Reform
Originally Posted: 05/06/2013 - 3:33pm | Type: Blog

Now that the Senate's Gang of Eight has published its immigration proposal, TIME has put together four hurdles to the bill becoming law. Now that the Senate's Gang of E ...

Polls Find Americans are Disengaged from Immigration Debate
Originally Posted: 05/02/2013 - 11:53am | Type: Blog

Fewer than half of Americans are very or fairly closely following the immigration debate. 38 percent have no opinion on the Senate mesaure recently intoduced by the "Gang of Eight." ...

Dozens of May Day Rallies for Immigration Reform Planned Across Country
Originally Posted: 05/01/2013 - 3:41pm | Type: Blog

May Day rallies are planned across the country urging Congress to ease the nation's immigration laws. May Day rallies are planned across the country urging Congress to ease t ...

Sierra Club Endorses Immigration Reform
Originally Posted: 04/30/2013 - 4:45pm | Type: Blog

Why would an environmental organization get involved with immigration reform? What could they possibly have at stake? If Congress passes immigration reform, much of the credit wil ...

Evangelicals Rally for Pathway to Citizenship and Immigration Reform
Originally Posted: 04/24/2013 - 2:31pm | Type: Press

April 23, 2013 Sojo in the News Sarah McHaney ...

Clergy, Social Justice Leaders Cautiously Applaud Gang of 8 Immigration Proposal
Originally Posted: 04/24/2013 - 2:12pm | Type: Press

April 23, 2013 Sojo in the News Mel Fabrikant ...

Is Rejecting a Path to Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants Un-Christian?
Originally Posted: 04/24/2013 - 2:07pm | Type: Press

April 18, 2013 Sojo in the News Billy Hallowell ...

Catholic Bishops: Don’t Let Boston Attacks Derail Immigration Reform
Originally Posted: 04/22/2013 - 5:49pm | Type: Blog

Leading U.S. Catholic bishops on Monday denounced efforts to use the Boston Marathon bombings to derail the push for immigration reform, saying it is wrong to brand all immigrants as dangerous and that a revam ...

Evangelicals see promise in immigration proposal
Originally Posted: 04/30/2013 - 1:33pm | Type: Press

April 18, 2013 Sojo in the News Caleb Bell ...

(VIDEO) Evangelicals Take Immigration Reform to Hill: Say Amnesty v. Deportation a 'False Choice'
Originally Posted: 04/19/2013 - 12:48pm | Type: Blog

Hours after Senate Gang of Eight’s immigration bill dropped early Wednesday, evangelical leaders from across the country gathered at the Capitol to raise their voices for comprehensive immigration reform. ...

Evangelicals Descend on Capitol Hill to Push Immigration Reform
Originally Posted: 04/18/2013 - 11:05am | Type: Press

April 18, 2013 Sojo in the News Napp Nazworth ...

Evangelicals Become Unlikely Supporters Of Immigration Reform
Originally Posted: 04/18/2013 - 10:32am | Type: Press

April 17, 2013 Sojo in the News David Welna ...

Evangelicals Try To Soften Hearts On Overhauling Immigration
Originally Posted: 04/18/2013 - 1:46pm | Type: Press

April 15, 2013 Sojo in the News John Burnett ...

Loving My Own Life Means Sharing It With Others
Originally Posted: 04/15/2013 - 11:44am | Type: Blog

After a bit of reflection, I came to see that loving my own life really does imply that I want to share it with others. Many of the great Christian thinkers throughout our history ...

Immigration reform gets personal for evangelicals
Originally Posted: 04/12/2013 - 12:18pm | Type: Press

April 11, 2013 Sojo in the News Adelle M. Banks ...