How Immigration Became a Top Issue for Voters 1,500 Miles from the Mexico Border | Sojourners

How Immigration Became a Top Issue for Voters 1,500 Miles from the Mexico Border

Entrance signs to Whitewater, Wisconsin. Photo: Birgit Tyrrell via Reuters Connect

Nestled in the heart of the flat, fertile lands of southeastern Wisconsin, Whitewater is a small city of around 15,000 with a college-town feel. When Samuel Schulz, a Wisconsin Synod Lutheran pastor, moved there after graduating from seminary last year, one of the first things he noticed was a large presence of Spanish speakers around town.

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