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July 18, 2010

Sacramento Bee: Broad coalition of faith leaders urges immigration reform

by Jennifer Garza
The Sacramento Bee

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.

As his wife, Eva, translated in Spanish, Rodriguez, an Assemblies of God pastor, paced the stage while describing the meeting he and other religious leaders had with President Barack Obama a few days before the president's July 1 speech on immigration.

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