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The article presents news briefs related to Christianity in the U.S. Church leaders and members of a government faith advisory council have urged U.S. President Barack Obama to enact immigration reforms that would reduce waiting time for immigrants and help foreign workers earn U.S. citizenship. The Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the construction of a monument depicting the Ten Commandments on the grounds of a courthouse in Oklahoma was unconstitutional.