Barack Obama's announcement of reforms to America's immigrant laws has exposed divisions in US evangelical attitudes.
All sides agree that change is needed to deal fairly with the illegal immigrants in the country and pressure on the legislature from groups like the Evangelical Immigration Table has been mounting. However, Obama's unilateral action, bypassing Congress, has drawn mixed reactions.
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Sojourners president Jim Wallis said that "faith leaders and all those who have spent years trying to fix our broken immigration system should feel gratitude toward President Obama" for his actions. However, he criticised Republican politicians, saying: "Their anger and antipathy toward the White House are blinding them to the positive effects these measures will have for our society. Even after decades living and working in our nation's capital, I'm still amazed at the many ways political ideology can prevent us from having 'eyes that see' and 'ears that hear'. I lament that our political discourse has come to this."