IMMIGRATION – Outside of Time and Space: Where God Might or Might Not Reside

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Migrants surrender to US Border Patrol agents after crossing the US-Mexico border before the lifting of Title 42 in Yuma, Arizona, US, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. President Joe Biden warned of tumultuous conditions at the US-Mexico border after pandemic-era immigration restrictions are lifted later this week. Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Migrants arrive to the Mexican side of the bank of the Rio Grande river, with plans to cross to the U.S., from Matamoros, Mexico, Thursday, May 11, 2023. Pandemic-related U.S. asylum restrictions, known as Title 42, are to expire May 11. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

U.S. border, United States-May 11, 2023-With less than 24 hours until Title 42 expires, U.S. border patrol agents lead a group of women to vehicles headed to processing. Migrants hoping to cross into the United States from Tijuana, Mexico on May 11, 2023 are being processed more quickly as the deadline approaches. Some migrants have been waiting a week in an area south of the second border wall in anticipation of a change in immigration policy, Title 42, which may allow them to apply for asylum. U.S. border patrol agents give out one bottle of water and one granola bar to each person. There are approximately 500 people in this one camp. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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Resources

Biden’s Rightward Shift on Immigration Draws Comparisons to TrumpEight Facts about Immigrants and Immigration – ADLImmigration & Border Security – USA FACTS2021 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics .PDF – Homeland SecurityImmigration – TRACHealth Coverage and Care of Immigrants – KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION

Bible Resources

Deuteronomy 27:19
19 “Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
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Deuteronomy 10:18
18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.
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Leviticus 25:35
35 “ ‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you.
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Hebrews 13:2
2 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.
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