Immigration, The Law And Compassion

07-10-2014
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What should be done about the immigration crisis on the border with all these children flocking to it to escape their horrible lives in their Central American homes? It’s called a smart combination of compassion and the law.

My heart goes out to these children but we are a country that has laws. Granted, they haven’t been enforced too well from an immigration perspective but if America starts letting in everyone who has a bad circumstance in their international hometown, then what. The Brody File would suggest that we’d have a much larger problem than what’s going on now.

But there must be compassion. The Bible commands it. In Matthew it says, “[F]or I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.”

Look, I think the answer is individual compassion. In other words, the government has to enforce our immigration laws but that doesn’t mean we have to be bystanders who don’t care about the individual. We need to help in whatever way we can. Help improve their Central American communities by going into those communities with our Bibles and the message of Jesus Christ, support families in need financially, pray for these children, get involved and active in some way to help provide a better life for these children. That’s compassion.

Glenn Beck is doing it. This from The Blaze:

Glenn Beck on Tuesday announced that he will be bringing tractor-trailers full of food, water, teddy bears and soccer balls to McAllen, Texas on July 19 as a way to help care for some of the roughly 60,000 underage refugees who have crossed into America illegally in 2014.

And read about the Reverend Samuel Rodriguez out in California:

A Hispanic evangelical leader says most of the unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border would be better off with their parents and should be sent home.



The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez says those without parents in the U.S. could fall victim to the same drug gangs in American cities that threaten their lives in Central America.



Rodriguez is president of NHCLC/Conela, which represents more than 40,000 Hispanic evangelical churches in the U.S. and 500,000 worldwide.



NHCLC/Conela plans to broadcast public service announcements in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala discouraging parents from sending their children on the dangerous trek to the U.S. border, and is urging Central American pastors to spread that message throughout their communities.



Rodriguez says that while NHCLC/Conela opposes illegal immigration, its churches are offering temporary shelter, food and clothing to children packed into U.S. detention facilities while their cases are processed.

Hey folks, how about we not use all our energy complaining about the situation and instead use that energy to help people out. Let's go. We are America. We are compassionate.

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