I’m with you - I used to be more of hardliner until after I came to Christ, then started really pondering on what He would do. Closing the borders for control, and deporting the more recent lawbreakers is fine by me, but mass deportation of folks with roots seems a bit overboard. That’s why Perry’s “gaffe” seemed to make sense to me too.
Weeds also have roots.
Before you call me wrong for comparing people to weeds, let me pre-empt:
Jesus did it, and we are to “have the mind of Christ”.
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