Immigrant rallies

Last night I was struck by the pictures and video footage of the immigrant rallies across the U.S. Honestly, I'm still trying to sort the whole thing out. Maybe you are too. But God's words to the people of Israel long ago keep coming back to my mind and heart, "Do not oppress an alien; you yourselves know how it feels to be aliens, because you were aliens in Egypt" (Exodus 23:9). One of the main ideas God was trying to get across to the people was to have empathy for the foreigners in their midst. This law mandated empathy. Do we have laws of empathy too? I for one, don't know what it feels like to be an "alien" or an immigrant in this country or another one. My ancestors who came to the U.S. did long ago, and I suspect that you who are reading this blog entry has the same American history as I do. We don't have a fresh collective memory of immigration within our family or friends. So, can we empathize with these immigrants? Or do we appeal to the law of immigration within the U.S. law code? Can we do both? Can we stand beside those who are being pushed aside and who contribute to the U.S. economy while maintaining the law? Like I said, I'm still trying to sort it all out.

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