Thereâ??s a refreshing Christianity Today article in which an Evangelical academic who once thought border security â??callousâ? now argues that a â??porous border is not compassionateâ??it is just chaoticâ?¦â? He urges more funding for securing the border, explaining:
Caring for illegal immigrants is certainly a grace to the individual. But it doesnâ??t address the underlying problem. Indeed, when replicated on a large scale, it exacerbates the crisis. The more the church is viewed as welcoming any undocumented immigrant with open arms, the more it spurs undocumented immigration: more Central American families are broken apart, immigrants are forced into self-protection in our dangerous inner cities, and ties are strengthened between US gangs and Central American narco-networks. Moreover, Central American countries become increasingly dependent on foreign remittances at the cost of their development.
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