Latino religious leader Rodriguez courts the left, right for immigration reform

This religious leader is working with his liberal and conservative followers to get immigration reform this year. It should definitely be bipartisan. - - Donna Poisl

By Krissah Thompson, Washington Post Staff Writer

The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez wants immigration reform, and believes building bridges across political divides is how to win it.

As president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, he has made himself at home with secular progressives and right-wing evangelicals, with liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans.

Rodriguez, 40, describes the 16 million Latino evangelicals he represents as a mix of "Billy Graham and Martin Luther King Jr. -- with a little salsa tossed in." He sees himself that way, too.
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