“Immigration is neither a new phenomenon nor only a recent political concern” (Carroll, 5). Immigration is something that has been around for years and years, but it is only now being something that is becoming more relevant because of the things that are happening, especially with the Executive Order. As the reading continues, he brings in the Old Testament and what parts of scriptures relate to the issues that are brought up from immigration. The first scripture that he refers to is Genesis 1, “above all else, immigration is the movement of people across borders. The bottom line is that it concerns humans: their worth, destiny, rights, and responsibilities” (Carroll, 45). People forget that people are moving across borders from one country to another one where they know nothing about it. Being able to recognize that they are actual people, and then we are able to try to understand why it is they are doing what they are
“Immigration is neither a new phenomenon nor only a recent political concern” (Carroll, 5). Immigration is something that has been around for years and years, but it is only now being something that is becoming more relevant because of the things that are happening, especially with the Executive Order. As the reading continues, he brings in the Old Testament and what parts of scriptures relate to the issues that are brought up from immigration. The first scripture that he refers to is Genesis 1, “above all else, immigration is the movement of people across borders. The bottom line is that it concerns humans: their worth, destiny, rights, and responsibilities” (Carroll, 45). People forget that people are moving across borders from one country to another one where they know nothing about it. Being able to recognize that they are actual people, and then we are able to try to understand why it is they are doing what they are