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A broad coalition of Christian leaders from Central Florida called on state elected officials Tuesday to tone down “hateful immigration rhetoric” and strive for compassionate immigration reform.
The letter, signed by 31 clergy members and church leaders, was addressed to elected officials at the state and congressional levels.
The Rev. Nino Gonz�lez, head of Central Florida’s largest Latino mega-church, Iglesia el Calvario just south of Orlando, is the newest high-profile member of the coalition to advocate for immigration reform. He joins Catholic Bishop Thomas Wenski and the Rev. Joel Hunter of Northland, A Church Distributed, who helped launch the advocacy effort last year as part of Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, a Washington, D.C.-based group”*
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