It has been said that   “Jesus has a strict immigration policy”. The bible speaks of two moral duties when it comes to helping the foreigner and we can’t do one without the other.

What does charity require us to do? The fist  duty is to welcome the foreigner to the extent we are able. We have an obligation to help those truly in need to the extent we have the ability to do so. Does that mean that you must bring the  homeless man asking for help to sleep in your home? Remember the Good Samaritan was good and commended by Christ. The Good Samaritan did the right thing: humanitarian aid.  He did not take the roadside victim home with him. Rather, the Good Samaritan put the victim up in a hotel and paid for him to get better.

Our second duty is to secure one’s border and enforce the law for the sake of the common good of all people. Do you lock your doors at night while your children sleep? Or do you leave them wide open for anyone who may enter, no matter what their intent,  risking  good of your children to anyone who demands that you allow them in?

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