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Tuesday, September 3, 2013   

NEW YORK - With less than a week left in the Congressional recess, New York's evangelical leaders are turning up the volume today in their support for immigration reform. National Latino Evangelical Coalition (NaLEC) president, the Rev. Gabriel Salguero, said this is part of a nationwide effort, both in person and on the radio.

Salguero said he and fellow pastors have been to plenty of town hall meetings in New York and New Jersey, fighting what many believe is an uphill battle to get comprehensive immigration reform through a reluctant House of Representatives.

"It's good for the economy, it's good for families, and it's the moral thing to do," Salguero said. "So, if it's a close call, we hope that the elected officials listen to the voices of the tens of millions of evangelicals - and what is the highest good."

The Senate passed a comprehensive reform measure back in June by a wide margin (68-32), but opponents in the House have likened it to amnesty and some want to counter with their own, stricter measure.

Reverend Salguero, who is also pastor of the Lamb's Church, New York, said a group known as the Evangelical Immigration Table (EIT) is spending $400,000 to run radio spots in support of reform and create a comprehensive reform website.

"At 'www.Pray4Reform.org,' over 60,000 people have asked to download our prayer card and said, 'Hey, we want immigration reform,'" he said. "We're targeting key districts in the House to say, 'Evangelicals want this. Here's why.'"

People need only to remember the inscription on the Statue of Liberty to understand their case in favor of a path to citizenship, Salguero added.

"'Give me your tired, your hungry, your huddled masses yearning to be free,'" he quoted. "I think it's appropriate that, here in New York and in New Jersey, evangelicals - like their Catholic counterparts, like their Jewish counterparts, like almost every religious group in the nation - have called for immigration reform."

That web address is the word 'pray,' the number four and the word 'reform' (www.Pray4Reform.org).

More information about EIT is available at http://evangelicalimmigrationtable.com.




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