On Immigration Issue, Big Evangelical Groups Conspicuously Mum

In the latest RNS article of the week, linked above, G. Jeffrey MacDonald looks at reasons why evangelicals seem to be keeping quiet on the issue of immigration. Sample grab:

Evangelicals’ hesitancy traces, observers say, to political as much as moral reservations. Evangelicals might be inclined to sympathize with fellow Christians from south of the border who have taken a grave personal risk in order “to support their families back at home,” World Relief staff attorney Amy Bliss says, but those views apparently can’t survive in public discourse. “The rhetoric is considered a liberal issue,” Bliss says. “Fear of looking weak or too liberal permeates a lot of the discussion. I think that’s the concern.”