At Christmastime, no Room at the Inn for the Migrants

   Bless the world, this time of the year. We do not all have the same opinion on migrants, and you are welcome to differ with the view I post below and whether their situation should be compared to that of Mary and Joseph way back on that first Christmas. Those who oppose the migrants coming, and do not feel the analogy applies, remain wonderful to me.
   To others of us, there are parallels.
   "And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn." (Luke 2:7)
   A Deseret News editorial notes, "This oft quoted verse of scripture does not say, 'there was no room in the inn.' It emphasizes, 'there was no room for them in the inn.' "
  I think of the two words emphasized in the editorial: "for them." Those of us who see the analogy as being appropriate see the migrants waiting in Tijuana as being in a "for them" situation. The U.S. will only process about 60 of their applications a day. There is no room for more. Meanwhile, about 100,000 people are passing through the same San Ysidro Port of Entry each day. For most, passing back and forth between Mexico and the U.S. is not so difficult. But for them? For the migrants? No room, no room at the inn.
   And, there is more to this no-room analogy. Each of us have different views on immigration. Bless those who are concerned that they could over-populate our land. I can see how that could be a concern. I, though, see it as a "no room for them" thing. Our population is growing. No one that I know of is suggesting we place a general cap on it. This growth is not something we fear. But, what of the migrants from south of the border? For them? No room, no room at the inn. We don't have enough room in America for all of them who would come.
   Now, I, myself, even wonder if we would have room if all 9 million people in Honduras were to come this way. Still, consider that the U.S. population has increased by about 17 million since the census of 2010. No room would seem to be no room. If we haven't space for the 9 million, why is bed space happily found for the 17 million?