Popkey’s Despicable Red Herring

Dan Popkey tells the story of an apparently delightful Catholic priest, Reverend Jesus Camacho who advocates for normalizing illegal immigration.

Camacho is wrong on illegal immigration, but he’s well meaning. At the end of the article after discussing all of Camacho’s contributions to our community, Dan Popkey says:

In the Gospel of Matthew, Christians are urged to welcome the stranger.

What fascinates me about the political left is this. They tell us that church and state are to be entirely seperate. Dan Popkey is a huge proponent of secularization and doesn’t want the 10 commandments in the park, but a portion of the Gospel of Matthew he likes, that’s what we call a political argument. Yet, they can use (or misuse) scriptures to suit their purposes. Matthew 25 governs the conduct of individuals towards their neighbors, not the idea that a nation cannot have borders. One could also apply John 10:1

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

So, someone who comes in illegally is up to no good. At the very least, they’re trespassers. Nowhere in the Bible is a nation forbidden from having borders.

Yes, there’s bigotry in our past, but the run of our history has largely followed that guidance. Let us again open our hearts to newcomers who enrich our lives and make us a better people.

I think this is a huge problem with the open borders crowd. Their argument is weak, so they have to resort to calling their opponents racist and bigots. The issue here is not an argument that immigrants can’t contribute to our culture. They can. The issue isn’t whether immigration can be a good thing. It often is.

The issues are two fold. First, will we protect our border? Second, is a nation without borders and without language a nation at all?

These are the issues, and its about time they were honestly addressed.

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