[GarySpFc]

It is quite clear that Abraham and Lot (his nephew) were UNWELCOME Aliens in their sojourns. They had left their country in roughly Iraq, and they had traveled to Palestine. Many objected to their use of water and pasture.

An unwelcome alien and an illegal alien are two different beings legally.

[xzins]

Again, there is no evidence that there was anything paralleling our "legal/illegal alien" distinction, nor the means of enforcing it. That means application in this area is conjecture and opinion.

However, there is more that informs us to be a compassionate people than suggests that we should be a hard, legalistic people.