** Press Conference, Thursday, October 8th at 1:30 pm Eastern**
**Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-318**
Evangelical Leaders Speak on Immigration Reform
Washington, D.C. - This Thursday, Oct. 8th at 1:30 p.m. in Room B-318 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), which represents 40 denominations, scores of evangelical organizations and millions of American evangelicals, will hold a press conference regarding its engagement in the immigration discussion.
"Our current immigration system is broken," said Leith Anderson, NAE President. "Efforts to maintain secure and efficient borders have been ineffective and, too often, inhumane. Our visa system for legal immigration is antiquated, bureaucratic and insufficient to meet both labor force and family reunification needs. Those who want to play by the rules, both employers and employees, often have no realistic options."
Leith Anderson will also testify at a hearing later that afternoon held by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Citizenship on faith-based perspectives on comprehensive immigration reform.
Other gathered evangelical leaders at the press conference will speak to both the specifics of immigration reform and to the broader impact of immigration on the evangelical community.
WHAT: National Association of Evangelical Leaders Speak on Immigration Reform
WHO: Leith Anderson, President, National Association of Evangelicals
Samuel Rodriguez, President, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
Burt Waggoner, National Director, Vineyard USA
Ronald Burgio, President, Elim Fellowship
WHEN: Thursday, October 8th at 1:30 pm Eastern
WHERE: Rayburn B-318, Rayburn House Office Building
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**Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-318**
Evangelical Leaders Speak on Immigration Reform
Washington, D.C. - This Thursday, Oct. 8th at 1:30 p.m. in Room B-318 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), which represents 40 denominations, scores of evangelical organizations and millions of American evangelicals, will hold a press conference regarding its engagement in the immigration discussion.
"Our current immigration system is broken," said Leith Anderson, NAE President. "Efforts to maintain secure and efficient borders have been ineffective and, too often, inhumane. Our visa system for legal immigration is antiquated, bureaucratic and insufficient to meet both labor force and family reunification needs. Those who want to play by the rules, both employers and employees, often have no realistic options."
Leith Anderson will also testify at a hearing later that afternoon held by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Citizenship on faith-based perspectives on comprehensive immigration reform.
Other gathered evangelical leaders at the press conference will speak to both the specifics of immigration reform and to the broader impact of immigration on the evangelical community.
WHAT: National Association of Evangelical Leaders Speak on Immigration Reform
WHO: Leith Anderson, President, National Association of Evangelicals
Samuel Rodriguez, President, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
Burt Waggoner, National Director, Vineyard USA
Ronald Burgio, President, Elim Fellowship
WHEN: Thursday, October 8th at 1:30 pm Eastern
WHERE: Rayburn B-318, Rayburn House Office Building
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