Immigration and Religion

AlterNet (click here) has a fascinating story entitled “Who Would Jesus Deport?” by Alexander Zaitchik, Intelligence Report.  The thesis of the article is that a grassroots movement is forming in which anti-immigrant rhetoric dovetails with the odes to God and country that have long constituted conservative evangelical boilerplate.  This is so despite the fact that Joan Maruskin last April at a Family Research Council (FRC) immigration conference in Washington, D.C. “demonstrated that the Old and New Testaments are chock-full of soundbyte-ready advocacy for the ‘stranger.’ All told, she counts more than 300 scriptural admonishments to mercy toward immigrants.

Thanks to MAO for the hot tip!

KJ