There is this myth going around out there that amnesty will fill the pews and collection plates for these church “leaders”.
Probably some are relying on this to increase their standard of living via the pulpit.
If illegals do start filling the pews, the pastors ought to tell them that they are sinning, that they are guilty of theft, covetousness, dishonesty, and not being in submission to the authorities over them. The pastors should counsel those illegals to go back to their home countries and apply to live in the US legally. Isn’t that what churches and pastors are supposed to do? Tell people what’s in the Bible and help the parishioners to obey that Bible? It appears that all these churches care about is getting money in the collection plates, and they will excuse and overlook sinning and lawlessness to get it. Sounds like the kinds of churches where Jesus would overturn their tables.
I don't think they are looking at the money. They are looking at scripture. And trying to come to a reasonable solution. The problem is that some of these Mexicans have been here now for 16 years. They have married Americans and have kids.
It's not wrong to keep them out of our land. Border control is okay. But it is wrong to let them live here and make them a second class citizen or keep them permanently a non-citizen.
Exd 22:21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exd 23:9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
And while that was written to Israel, it shows the heart of the Lord on the matter.
But we need a plan to close the border first and stop the inflow. Then we need to decide who we will deport and under what conditions we will let them stay here. (Maybe only those who have either married citizens or have lived here at least 5 years.) And we do need a plan for naturalization for anyone we allow to stay here.
The fact that they all might vote Democrat is really beside the issue. The Bushes should have stopped the illegal immigration when they had the chance. They didn't. Now we reap the consequences.