If we speak of immigration, do the principles of party mean more than those of the good book?

   Have we lost the notion that if someone needs help, you help them? Once, would we have looked at the immigrants from Honduras, observed their poverty and their afflictions at the hands of a criminal society, and said, "Of course we will let you in"?
   Do the words of the hymn no longer apply? Are they good to be sung, but not to be lived? Is there some reason they are no longer applicable? To think that words of the hymn speak of the immigrant . . . is that just a little too much?
      "I cannot see another's lack and I not share;
    "My glowing fire, my loaf of bread,
      "My roof's safe shelter overhead
    "That he too may be comforted."
   Has our world changed? Was there a time we would have let these immigrants in, welcoming them with open arms, anxious to be of help . . . ?
   But, has that day had its end? Have we changed? Is the world different? Has that part of the goodness of humanity been abandoned? Are political expediencies more important than humanity? Do the principles of a political party override the principles of the good book?
   Perhaps there was a day when if we had heard it was illegal for them to come, we would have been appalled. Perhaps there was a day when we would have said, "Well, that's nonsense," and would have changed that law in a hurry. Right was right, back in the day. And, to say you could not help another person was just a little too odd.
   Or, is it just that there are too many MS-13s among them? Or, too many terrorists? Is it that they would flood the gates of our welfare system? Is it that they refuse to speak English? What are the reasons we are finding for not helping them? Is it because they are rapists and murderers and criminals? Or, is it that they don't build our economy -- they send all their money back home to their families?
   Are we so hung up on rule of law that we do not have room for charity?
   We have been considered a Christian nation, one built on Christian principles. And, even those who are not Christian among us -- even the atheists (wonderful people) -- they can see the difference between right and wrong. I do not know but what more atheists advocate for the immigrant than do the Christians.
    What has become of us? Where is our moral compass? Have we lost it? The principles of being a Christian -- they have not changed. If you see a neighbor in need, you do not turn him away at your door, crying that he is invading your space.
   If you can help him, you help him. That is what we once were all about. If we would return to the day when America was great -- if we would make America great again -- this would be part of that.