The Roman Catholic church has often conflated this with statism. It isn’t about statism. It’s about private charity. Let private charities help criminals all they want. But not on the taxpayer’s dime.
Three different Hebrew words are translated as “foreigner” or “sojourner,” Hoffmeier explained, but the most common one, by far, is ger, which appears 160 times. Under biblical law, a ger was legally recognized and entitled to certain rights, responsibilities and social benefits. They could participate in community worship. They were expected to observe kosher dietary laws. And, they could not be charged interest.
“People who are using scripture for the undocumented immigrant are trying to credit the non-legal resident with the same rights the biblical law calls for a legal foreign resident,” he said.
Right now, the issue is that we need to end immigration.
Rand Paul has followed up his coming out as liberal on gay marriage, with now coming out for liberalism in his immigration policy.