What Does the Bible Say About Immigration?

Does God want a wall? Does God want us to all live freely in harmony with no borders?

How does God feel about our dreamers? Should they stay or should they go?

My friend, Shane Vander Hart from Caffeinated Thoughts has done the research you always wanted to do. He wrote a piece titled The Bible and Immigration. It is well worth reading the entire article.

Does a sojourner constitute an immigrant? If so, here are scriptures describing how they should be treated:

God’s compassion for the sojourners.

“You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt,” (‭‭Exodus‬ ‭22:21‬, ‭ESV‬‬).

“You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.” (Exodus‬ ‭23:9,‬ ‭ESV‬‬).

“He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow,

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