Read a Religion News Service story, posted on March 22, 2010, at Beliefnet.com.

A May 16, 2010, story in The New York Times about local governments around the country issuing official identification cards to enable immigrants of any status to avoid problems and even arrest.

A May 19, 2010, story in The New Republic by William Galston, a former policy advisor to President Bill Clinton.

In a Nov. 24, 2010, essay, Deal Hudson, a conservative Catholic blogger who has worked on Republican outreach to the Catholic community, voiced the opposite view as he argued that “the Dream Act is grossly unjust and makes a complete mockery of any idea of citizenship.”

The Catholic bishops of the United States have been longstanding backers of reform and sent a Dec. 2 letter to Congress urging passage of the DREAM Act, saying it was “the right thing to do,” as this news release explains.

Michael Gerson, the former speechwriter for George W. Bush and a prominent evangelical voice, dedicated his Dec. 7, 2010, column in The Washington Post to arguing on behalf of the DREAM Act.

An April 18, 2010, blog post by Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles decrying the Arizona law. Mahony is a leader among the nation’s Catholic bishops on immigration issues.

A May 10, 2011, story at Time magazine says that many Latinos are upset with the president because his administration has increased deportations of undocumented immigrants.

A June 13, 2011, story at Politico about the possibility of immigration crackdowns in various states.