There are a number of important issues on the front-burner of the nation's political horizon. Gun violence, national debt, health care, jobs, etc. On many of these issues there is little agreement as to how to resolve seemingly intractable problems. With regard to Immigration Reform, however, there seems to be a growing consensus that we must deal with this issue in a comprehensive way. Although Nativist sentiment is still widespread, even many Republicans have seen the hand-writing on the wall and realize that at least on a national level they can't hope to win the Presidency while ignoring persons of color, especially Hispanics. A key component in this change of focus is to be found, as Martin Marty points out, among Conservative Evangelicals, who have begun to recognize the biblical mandate...
