“Is Dobson’s Political Clout Fading?”
Read a Jan. 24, 2008, Time magazine story, “Is Dobson’s Political Clout Fading?,” about Focus on the Family leader James Dobson.
Tag: Hispanics
“Latinos courted as wild card among shifting evangelical voters”
Read a Jan. 29, 2008, Chicago Tribune story about Latino Protestants and their political influences over the ages.
“Immigration in America: faith and assimilation”
National Public Radio’s 2004 series on Immigration in America segment on “Faith and Assimilation.”
“Religion & Ethics Newsweekly: Illegal Immigration”
Transcript of a Nov. 14, 2003, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly program on immigration.
“L.A. Cardinal Mahony attacks immigration bill”
March 5, 2006, NPR interview with Kevin Appleby, director of migration and refugee policy for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, in which he describes immigration policy as a humanitarian and moral issue and said, “In the face of the stranger we see the face of Christ.”
“Churches resist tougher immigration laws”
March 14, 2006, Christian Science Monitor story about the involvement of religious leaders in the immigration debate and the willingness of some to consider civil disobedience.
“Rift on immigration widens for conservatives and cardinals”
March 19, 2006, New York Times story about differences over immigration policy between evangelicals and Catholics.
“Cardinal puts church in fight for immigration rights”
April 2, 2006, Washington Post article on former Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony’s fight for immigration rights.
“Illegal immigrants in US ‘overwhelmingly Christian,’ says study”
May 22, 2013, Ecumenical News article about a Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life study that found that the overwhelming majority of illegal immigrants are Christian.