{"id":5916,"date":"2018-11-25T14:45:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T19:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/susanwright\/?p=5916"},"modified":"2018-11-25T14:45:29","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T19:45:29","slug":"trump-slams-the-unwanted-from-south-of-the-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/susanwright\/2018\/11\/trump-slams-the-unwanted-from-south-of-the-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Slams the &#8220;Unwanted&#8221; From South of the Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>There\u2019s a way of making your point with gentleness and class, especially when it comes to the very delicate situation of border security.<\/p>\n<p>As we speak, there are thousands of South American and Central American migrants who want entrance to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>These migrants are risking much to make the trek, in order to escape either abject poverty or violent gangs in their native countries.<\/p>\n<p>Are they owed entry?<\/p>\n<p>Not at all. There is a legal way of going about becoming a citizen of the United States, and it does not make us bad people to ask that those who wish to gain entrance to respect the process, and the laws of our nation.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know what makes us bad people?<\/p>\n<p>We become bad people when we reject the most basic measures of humility and grace, and reduce these people to the level of \u201cinvaders,\u201d and deny their humanity, simply because they\u2019re not Americans.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t spit out vile things, calling anyone \u201cunwanted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2018\/nov\/25\/donald-trump-accuses-mexico-central-america-trying\/?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_campaign=pushnotify&amp;utm_medium=push\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Our president is a bad person.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Trump took time out from readying himself for Sunday morning church services (<em>Yeah, I laughed, too<\/em>), in order to attack Mexico and other nations south of our borders for not doing more to control the migrants attempting to flee to the United States.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWould be very SMART if\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/mexico\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mexico<\/a>\u00a0would stop the Caravans long before they get to our Southern Border, or if originating countries would not let them form (it is a way they get certain people out of their country and dump in U.S. No longer,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cDems created this problem. No crossings!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So let me go ahead and point out where the leader of the American evangelical voter bloc just went far away from the teachings of Jesus.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Would be very SMART if Mexico would stop the Caravans long before they get to our Southern Border, or if originating countries would not let them form (it is a way they get certain people out of their country and dump in U.S. No longer). Dems created this problem. No crossings!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1066685057648214018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">November 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Romans 13:8-10 (NLT)<\/strong> tells us: \u201c<strong><sup>8\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Owe nothing to anyone\u2014except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God\u2019s law.<strong><sup>9\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>For the commandments say, \u2018You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not covet.\u2019\u00a0These\u2014and other such commandments\u2014are summed up in this one commandment: \u2018Love your neighbor as yourself.\u2019\u00a0<strong><sup>10\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirements of God\u2019s law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jesus taught the same in <strong>Matthew 22:36-40 (AMP)<\/strong>: \u201c<strong><sup>36\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>\u2018Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?\u2019\u00a0<strong><sup>37\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And Jesus replied to him,\u00a0\u201c\u2018You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.\u2019\u00a0<strong><sup>38\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>This is the first and greatest commandment.\u00a0<strong><sup>39\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>The second is like it, \u2018You shall love your neighbor as yourself\u00a0[that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for others].\u2019\u00a0<strong><sup>40\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>The whole Law and the\u00a0[writings of the]\u00a0Prophets depend on these two commandments.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n<p>Love and considering the well-being of others, even those who are different than us, is the whole of God\u2019s law.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Deuteronomy 27:19 (NIV)<\/strong> we see that immigrants were to be treated fairly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong><sup>19\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>\u2018Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner,\u00a0the fatherless or the widow.\u2019 Then all the people shall say, \u2018Amen!\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n<p>So how much less should we ignore the plight of those who come here? How much less should we regard them with insults and dehumanizing language?<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, there is no heart for the hurting among Trump supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Love of Trump has overwhelmed and cancelled out the love of God or the tenderness of heart a relationship with Jesus Christ should instill in his followers.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Conservative commentator Michelle Malkin called the caravans a \u201csystematic and planned abuse of our asylum system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/donald-j-trump\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Trump<\/a>\u00a0is absolutely right that it begins at the point of origin and that all along the way, all the governments that are helping facilitate it by not drawing a line in the sand in their own country are culpable as well,\u201d said Ms. Malkin on \u201cFox &amp; Friends.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And as I\u2019ve said many times, I would much rather our immigration laws be respected. I do believe there are some commonsense steps to be taken at the border to help curb illegal entry. I also get a really bad feeling about those who claim to be fleeing their homeland of origin because of bad conditions, but who <strong><em>demand<\/em><\/strong> entry here, while flying the flag of a nation so horrible they had to leave.<\/p>\n<p>A good rule of thumb: If you want our help, appeal to your desired host country by showing good intent. That\u2019s not too much to ask, and it would go a long way towards winning over those on the fence (figuratively) to seeing your plight.<\/p>\n<p>As not just Americans, but people of common decency, however, we don\u2019t do as Donald Trump has done and insinuate fellow human beings are \u201cunwanted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From \u201csh*thole countries\u201d to this latest disparagement of \u201cother,\u201d Trump never fails to disappoint, bigly.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a way of making your point with gentleness and class, especially when it comes to the very delicate situation of border security. As we speak, there are thousands of South American and Central American migrants who want entrance to the United States. 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