01/30/2026
Well worth the read....
Reposted from Kali Fontanilla on X:
“Some say, ‘If you don’t support illegal immigration you aren’t like Jesus’…
Jesus commands individual believers to love their neighbor, show mercy, give sacrificially, and care for the poor. He never instructs governments to abandon borders, laws, or enforcement. Conflating individual charity with state policy is dishonest theology.
Second, it weaponizes Jesus to shut down debate. The statement is not an argument. It is a moral threat. ‘Agree with my political position or you are un-Christlike.’ That is spiritual bullying, not discipleship. It replaces reasoning with shame….
Third, it ignores Jesus’s actual respect for law and authority. Jesus affirmed lawful authority. He paid taxes. He told others to obey civil law even when it was inconvenient. He distinguished between God’s authority and Caesar’s authority. Mercy did not mean lawlessness.
Fourth, it cherry-picks Scripture while ignoring the rest. The Bible is full of borders, nations, laws, judges, and consequences. Israel had clear rules for outsiders. Hospitality existed alongside enforcement. There is no biblical model of open borders with no accountability.
Fifth, it confuses compassion with outcomes. Christians can oppose illegal immigration because it enables human trafficking, cartel control, child exploitation, and lawlessness while still caring about immigrants as people. Wanting order is not hatred. Wanting enforcement is not cruelty.
Sixth, it replaces repentance with victimhood. Jesus never affirmed people in ongoing lawbreaking and told everyone else to accommodate it. His pattern was truth first, then mercy. ‘Go and sin no more’ always followed compassion.”
