{"id":691,"date":"2013-01-13T17:23:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/01\/evangelical-christians-grassroots-push-on-immigration.html"},"modified":"2014-07-28T07:15:12","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T12:15:12","slug":"evangelical-christians-grassroots-push-on-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/01\/evangelical-christians-grassroots-push-on-immigration.html","title":{"rendered":"Evangelical Christians: Grassroots Push on Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-EQ_3YLbS6oE\/UPMxiO_U90I\/AAAAAAAAB9I\/4a7aXsA_yao\/s1600\/evangelical%20for%20immigration.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-EQ_3YLbS6oE\/UPMxiO_U90I\/AAAAAAAAB9I\/4a7aXsA_yao\/s320\/evangelical%20for%20immigration.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2013\/01\/12\/evangelical-christians-prepare-for-largest-ever-grassroots-push-on-immigration\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CNN Belief Blog<\/a> reports that evangelical Christians are betting on 2013 as the year immigration reform will finally happen. Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, head of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, and other evangelical leaders plan to make a concerted push for meaningful reform. They have formed a coalition called the <a href=\"http:\/\/evangelicalimmigrationtable.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Evangelical Immigration Round Table<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN Belief Blog reports that evangelical Christians are betting on 2013 as the year immigration reform will finally happen. Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, head of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, and other evangelical leaders plan to make a concerted push for meaningful reform. 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