Read a May 23, 2011, article from the Washington Examiner about the coalition of religious groups forming to back Maryland’s version of the DREAM Act.

Read a May 31, 2012, article from the Catholic News Agency about the 2012 Regional Bishops’ Consultation on Migration, held May 28-30 in Santo Domingo, where bishops denounced certain states’ immigration laws.

Read a June 11, 2012, story at Catholic World News about the hierarchy’s opposition to an alternative immigration reform bill sponsored by Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio.

Read a June 12, 2012, Religion News Service story about the influence of Evangelical activists on an immigration reform plan.

In this June 12, 2012, interview, Focus on the Family’s Jim Daly tells Christianity Today why he joined a coalition of evangelical leaders supporting immigration reform when the organization has not taken a public stance on the issue in the past.

In June 2012, a broad coalition of evangelical leaders unveiled an Evangelical Statement of Principles for Immigration Reform, which was seen as an important step in solidifying faith-based support for reform.

Read a Dec. 21, 2011, article from Religion News Service about the Alabama governor’s rejection of religious leaders’ pleas to repeal the immigration law.

Read an Aug. 2, 2011, article from the Christian Post describing Christian leaders’ decision to sue over the Alabama immigration law.

A Feb. 8, 2012, article from the Christian Post cites declining numbers of worshippers in Alabama’s Hispanic congregations.