Democratic Senators Robert Menendez and Patrick Leahy introduced S.3932, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, on September 29. The legislation's centerpiece is a "pathway" to U.S. citizenship for foreigners who have illegally entered or remained in the United States. Critics call that pathway "amnesty."

Even though their religious beliefs are not always in line with one another, dozens of church leaders from different denominations found common ground Wednesday regarding one of the most controversial topics of the time — immigration reform.

The immigration debate has drawn Latinos into the public square more fully than ever before -- and Hispanic Protestants in particular -- Gabriel Salguero, a noted Latino evangelical author and thinker, recently told an audience at Mercer University.

Some of the sharpest contrasts between Betsy Markey and Cory Gardner come on social and cultural issues, though neither 4th Congressional District candidate has emphasized such issues this year.

 For many of the parishioners of San Juan Diego Catholic Church in northwest Dallas, fear is proving to be a great motivator.

Taxes, deficits and jobs have dominated almost every governor's campaign debate this election season. Whatever happened to the usual hot issues -- abortion, immigration and same-sex marriage?

Congressional Democrats' last-ditch, pre-election effort to pass gay rights and immigration legislation fell victim to a Republican-led filibuster Tuesday, dealing a setback to those trying to lift the ban on openly gay troops serving in the U.S. military.

The four candidates in the 14th Congressional District admit they don't have all the answers when it comes to the immigration reform. In a contentious race with a national spotlight, the incumbent and his top challenger would not provide answers when it came to some of the more divisive immigration reform problems.

 The Sunday before election day: a time for prayer, for noisy get-out-the-vote rallies and for some campaign workers to grumble about money owed by their billionaire candidate.

Attorneys for Gov. Jan Brewer and Attorney General Terry Goddard have asked a judge to dismiss a Latino clergy group's lawsuit that seeks to overturn Arizona's new immigration law.

Arizona's controversial immigration law went into effect this week, or at least parts of it. Despite significant support for the bill in the state, critics have been loud and organized. A big part of that opposition has come from the religious community. From member station KJZZ, Peter O'Dowd reports.

Nearly four years ago, Luis Gonzalez founded a Spanish-language ministry he calls the Omega Xeneration, or simply TOX. The congregation meets every Sunday at Church of the Beatitudes in Phoenix.

Dee Rowland of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City and Scott Parker, chairman of the Salt Lake LDS Public Affairs Council, will join other faith leaders Tuesday at the governor's immigration summit.

At a time when the prospects for immigration overhaul seem most dim, supporters have unleashed a secret weapon: a group of influential evangelical Christian leaders.

The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez interrupted a recent Thursday night Bible study class at Sacramento's Christian Worship Center to discuss a topic he knew concerned many of his congregants: immigration reform.

Lawmakers and clergy members traded biblical passages Wednesday on Capitol Hill at an immigration subcommittee hearing on the moral implications of comprehensive immigration reform.

For the next 13 days, all stops are off when it comes to debating the issue of illegal immigration.

Some prominent conservatives are speaking out in favor of the kind of comprehensive immigration bill that many Republicans oppose -- one that would include border security and then a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

The Rev. John W. Bowie knows it is hard to sell the people in his neighborhood on the idea that they should support changing immigration laws to give illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.

Illegal immigration is at the centre of a renewed American debate. Arizona's Governor Jan Brewer recently signed SB1070, also known by the cheerful misnomer "Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act." At present, immigration is regulated by federal law.

For three days they gathered under one roof -- evangelical and mainline Christians, city and suburban Christians, professors, artists, musicians, and preachers.

When Nashville's Richard Land talks to Hispanic Southern Baptists this month, he'll tell them the denomination supports establishing a path to U.S. citizenship for illegal immigrants.

Local religious leaders urged their followers on Sunday to keep up hope for a comprehensive immigration reform bill, despite signs that Congress likely won't act on major immigration legislation this year.