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The latest go round with detention centers and facilities ("cages," if this were President Trump) has got me thinking as I lay down. Well, actually the thought of political refugees and utter poverty does. Everyone, it seems, in their better moments wants to alleviate political strife and abject poverty. But what sort of immigration policy would best suit everybody considered? It seems to me that both sides only consider one avenue. There are, on one hand, open borders people (imagine a sliding scale) and on the other hand, those that would restrict immigration to some degree.
Whether it is the refugee or immigrant coming in, or whether it is the voter and citizen upon whom financial and social claims are made, I would just like to maybe -- maybe -- re-frame the issue here. What does our better self demand of us, and what can we rightfully refuse as claims made upon us? Just looking for something maybe a little more out of the box than what we normally see. I'd personally love to see where both the teachings of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam leave us on the issue, and where the duty and obligation under respect for the citizen -- mainly Greek and Roman -- also leave us. Are we left, under Christ, with borders at all? Are we left, as citizens already, with a duty to our fellow recognized citizens, that we may not allow a mass influx for fear of drain on both resources and homogeneity? Or are these both moot, and are completely open borders a win-win? What are your premises, and what is your conclusion from those premises?
What does everybody think the calculus should be and why? Any articles, teachings, lectures, scripture are welcome to help us better our knowledge about the subject.
Whether it is the refugee or immigrant coming in, or whether it is the voter and citizen upon whom financial and social claims are made, I would just like to maybe -- maybe -- re-frame the issue here. What does our better self demand of us, and what can we rightfully refuse as claims made upon us? Just looking for something maybe a little more out of the box than what we normally see. I'd personally love to see where both the teachings of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam leave us on the issue, and where the duty and obligation under respect for the citizen -- mainly Greek and Roman -- also leave us. Are we left, under Christ, with borders at all? Are we left, as citizens already, with a duty to our fellow recognized citizens, that we may not allow a mass influx for fear of drain on both resources and homogeneity? Or are these both moot, and are completely open borders a win-win? What are your premises, and what is your conclusion from those premises?
What does everybody think the calculus should be and why? Any articles, teachings, lectures, scripture are welcome to help us better our knowledge about the subject.