Open borders are open arms, and open hearts. You must tell me why we do not open our arms to them, why we do not welcome them, accept them, love them.
These are the poor. These are they who brave the ravages of the desert as they flee from the ills of other nations.
You say they arrive without permission. Truth being worthy, though, they largely come seeking asylum, which is a legal process.
It is we who say asylum is but a loophole in our law, and it is we who say that they don't truly deserve to come here. It is we who make a case against the poor and the destitute. It is we who would throw up a wall and cast them out.
Open arms? When the poor and afflicted near our borders, do we seek a way to stop them. Do we say, Stay and live in Mexico while we adjudicate your case. Do we say, Better yet, let's let the police at the border make this decision, instead of our judges, and let's train our police in how to judge them, so that we can keep more of them out.
You may not be aware President Trump has proposed this, but he has.
Open arms? Are open borders so different? If we were to let in as many as we could take in -- as many as we have room for -- would that be so bad?
Think of a poor person, a poor family, moving into your neighborhood. Would you say, No! Don't come. You will ruin the neighborhood.
We should open our arms. There is no sin in this, no sin to letting them in.
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