Pastor Anderson here, how you doing? Hey, Pastor, I'm good. Some have been
wondering for quite a while now is subject on immigration. The cities in
the Bible, they all had walls built, and also the Bible says to not
oppress strangers and to welcome them, so what should be our view as New
Testament Christians on immigration? Well, you know, the walls weren't really
around a country, they were just around cities, and that was more so that
everybody could go inside the city, shut the gates, and defend against an
invading army or something like that. But when it comes to immigration, you
know, it's a big issue in the United States today because people talk about
these illegal immigrants or being a drain on our resources and whatever, but
you know, I don't really think that that's the issue. The way I look
at it is that if you had a pile of sugar on the table and a bunch of
ants are getting in the sugar, you know, you don't build a wall around the
sugar, you know, you remove the sugar and then the ants have no motive to
come and get the sugar. And what's going on is that in the United
States, there's all this free stuff being given away, and all these benefits
and welfare and free schooling and free health care, so people would come here
to want to get those things, and instead of trying to build a wall to
keep those people out, you know, why don't we just stop giving away all the
free stuff and, you know, have a minimal government? Because, you know, I see
people talk about, well, you know, I don't want illegals getting these
benefits, I don't want illegals getting this free stuff, but I don't want
anybody getting free stuff, whether legal or illegal, you know, I want a
minimalistic government. Now, when it comes to immigration, another issue
that people will bring up is like, well, they're not paying taxes or
whatever. But that's not really true because the illegal immigrants, they
do pay taxes, they pay sales tax, property tax, fuel tax, and also when
they work, they typically will use somebody's Social Security number and
end up paying into that system as well. And I remember they passed some really
strict laws in Arizona against illegals, and it caused a bunch of illegals to
leave, and it actually harmed the economy a little bit in Phoenix
because if a bunch of people leave, it's a bunch of empty houses, a bunch
of businesses that aren't getting business, whatever. Now, one thing I do
believe is that if people come here to the United States, they should not
come here and try to bring their culture and their language and try to
push that on us. You know, people who come to the United States should come
here and speak English and, you know, assimilate into our culture, you know,
and especially when they come from these messed up countries and then
they want to try to turn our country into some, you know, junky place
like they came from, you know, why don't they just go back if they
like that language and culture so much. So, you know, I think that if we just
stopped offering services in England or outside of English, if we stopped
offering services in foreign languages and giving away a bunch of free tuition,
free health care, free food stamps, free this, free that, then, you know,
if people want to come here from all over the world and learn English
and work hard and become an American, then I think it's great.
The more the merrier. It'll help the economy. So.
All right, thank you. Yep, God bless. You know, and.
I don't get mad at people who cross the imaginary line into the United
States because, you know, if I were living in a messed up place
and I could make a better life here, I'd probably come here, too.