Evangelical Christians Support Immigration Reform

by: Mae Singerman

Wed Jan 27, 2010 at 16:10:05 PM EST

Interesting article about the National Association of Evangelicals getting on board for immigration reform, hosting immigraiton reform vigils yesterday. They represent 45,000 congregations and some 30 million evangelicals. They are calling "to protect the borders, admit legal immigrants, bring the undocumented 'out of the shadows,' and reunite families."

Am I a cynical jerk to assume that this is a calculated decision that's something like:

growing population of deportable people and their families

+

shrinking white population

x

religious imperative to convert everyone

= support of immigration reform

And if that's true, does it matter what the driving push is if it gets what we need for immigrants?