-- by Robert Marus, Associated Baptist Press:

Leaders of the nation’s largest Hispanic evangelical organization warned leaders of the Republican Party Aug. 17 that their increasingly strident rhetoric on immigration puts the party at risk of losing an entire generation of Latino voters. 

“We are very disappointed with the rhetoric stemming from the Republican Party,” said Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, in a press release. “The recent Republican consideration on amending the Constitution to deny citizenship to children of immigrants born in the U.S. may very well serve as the nail on the coffin to the inevitable alienation of America’s largest ethnic minority.” 

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