A December 2012 Las Posadas procession in Salt Lake City incorporated the reading of a multifaith statement backing immigration reform. Plans for the event were detailed on The Salt Lake Tribune’s Following Faith blog.

Read a Jan. 1, 2013, post on the website of the Council on Foreign Relations on why immigration reform was expected to happen at the start of President Obama’s second term.

Read a Jan. 2, 2013 Huffington Post story, “Obama’s Immigration Reform Push To Begin This Month.”

Read a Jan. 3, 2013, column at jweekly.com urging Jewish support for “just and compassionate” immigration reform. The author is Eric D. Horodas, outgoing board chair for the Anti-Defamation League’s Central Pacific Region.

Read a Jan. 3, 2013, column in The Jewish Daily Forward that gives a Jewish conservative’s perspective on the debate.

Read a Jan. 3, 2013, Catholic News Service story about National Migration Week and Catholic bishops’ renewed push for action on immigration.

Read a Jan. 3, 2013, Washington Post story about the White House’s use of executive powers to reshape immigration while awaiting congressional action on reform.

Read a Jan. 12, 2013 CNN story, “Evangelical Christians prepare for ‘largest ever grassroots push on immigration’.”

Read a Jan. 12, 2013, New York Times article that says Obama will push for a sweeping overhaul on immigration, rather than piecemeal legislation, and that he will insist on providing a path to citizenship for immigrants who gain legal status.