What should be done about illegal immigration?

This discussion should be about compassion and respect for our fellow human beings

Could it be said that to tolerate illegal activity from illegals that would not be tolerated from one's neighbors would also be a hypocritical position?

On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"

He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."

But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

"A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead with no clothes.

A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, and he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, he too passed by on the other side.

But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and looked after him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'

"Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?" The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."

Re: ebrown p (Post 3647662)

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This discussion should be about compassion and respect for our fellow human beings

I disagre3 ebrown, it should, above all else, be about common sense

This discussion should be about compassion and respect for our fellow human beings. The law with its policies and penalties should be both logical and understanding.

Following unworkable laws that hurt you our your family... that would be simply Un-American. The fact that you single out "illegal" people for harsh treatment that you would not accept for yourself or your family shows the hypocrisy of your position.

This discussion should be about the LAW.
If you dont like the law, get the law changed.

His forbears were just the same.

They hadn't all that much compassion for the Americans who were in possession 300 years ago. I saw a 1927 newspaper headline which said that the sheriff was raising a posse to exterminate Indians

Could it be said that to tolerate illegal activity from illegals that would not be tolerated from one's neighbors would also be a hypocritical position?

As if there's a single person on this thread that gives a rat's ass if his neighbor moves from place to place to find work and better provide for his family. Mindless bigotry based solely on which patch of earth a human was born on is no less irrational hatred than mindless bigotry based on skin color. And frankly, I think the former is generally a facade to hide the latter

And anyone who swears he would never break the law to provide for their family is a coward to boot. A self respecting man, whose family was in dire need, might say something like, “I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!