"Immigration Policy: Obey The Law, Assimilate, No Welfare"

[WhiskeyGirl]

With regard to the immigration of aliens into ancient Israel, the Mosaic civil code was clear: there was to be one rule and one law for everybody. “[T]here shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you…You and the sojourner shall be alike before the Lord. One law and one rule shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you.”

Contemporary application: if the native-born get punished for breaking the law, aliens should be punished too. There should be no free passes for breaking our immigration laws, period. To let illegal aliens off the hook for committing felony violations of our immigration law (if you try to cross illegally more than once, it’s a felony) while punishing the native born for felonies is to violate the fundamental biblical principle of justice, full equality under the law.

(In the Holder application of law, it really depends on the color of your skin, not your immigration status.)

Immigration is a privilege, not a right, and our policy should be to admit to our shores only those with a commitment to a full assimilation to American culture, adopting our values, our heroes, and our history.

So ancient Israel offers a paradigm of what a sensible and sane immigration policy looks like. It’s simple: don’t break the law (that is, come in through the front door instead of breaking in through a window), fully assimilate (become an authentic American, not a hyphenated American), and support yourself. If you commit to those things, you are welcome here. If you don’t or won’t, perhaps it’s best for you to stay home.

read more at 'The Moral Liberal' here - http://www.themoralliberal.com/2011/04/08/immigration-policy-obey-the-law-convert-assimilate-no-welfare/