We Are All Immigrants

We are All Immigrants When we listen to the Word of God, we hear about our ancestors in faith who also were immigrants. Abraham left his home in Ur searching for God's promises (Gn. 11:31 ff). Jacob's sons left looking for food (Gn. 42:1-2). Moses and the Israelites emigrated from Egypt longing for freedom (Ex. 1-18). Mary and Joseph left Bethlehem fleeing political persecution (Mt. 2:13). For them immigrating meant going through periods of hardship, hunger, disorientation, …

…another country. Americans need to be more aware of how hard it is to move to another country where the culture, language, and political situations are different from their own. I respect Mexican immigrants, legal and illegal, for taking such a chance and sacrifice everything to come here to only make less than minimum wage to support their families. If they only make that much money here, imagine how difficult their lives were back home.