If Boaz had said to Ruth, “I believe in Judea first. You are an immigrant and taking those gleaning jobs away of natives. I can’t help you” there would have been no Obed, no Jesse, no King David. If when St. Joseph brought the Holy Family to Egypt he was told, “I believe in Egypt first. You are an immigrant to our land. Go back where you came from,” then Jesus might have been caught in the murderous plot of Herod. The example from the Bible is very clear. Caring for the immigrant matters. In fact, there is even a commandment in Deuteronomy 10:19, “So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.” How does that impact you?
