When immigration & customs enforcement (ICE) is marked by fear, violence, and dehumanization, how should Christians respond? As ICE raids continue to dominate the headlines and widen division, in this episode we try to take a step back to ask what faithfulness to God looks like in this moment. There's definitely tension between respecting the law, loving the foreigner and immigrant, and speaking truth to power; also refusing false dichotomies offered by political extremes to consider what justice, compassion, and love in action actually require.
If you want more context about what's happening, included is further reading to get your started.
Biblical precedent for how God sees foreigners and Immigrants:
Leviticus 19:33-34
Leviticus 23:22
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