Featured Okay ... let's say we accept all these children and make them citizens, THEN WHAT?

There was a time when your ancestors arrived in a boat, and my ancestors weren't given a choice.

Think about this one:
You're always harping about the moral decline in this country, how this country is slipping away from God, how we're turning into such a godless society....

If enough of these little boats show up that our economy suffers, maybe people here will finally realize they need a God who is greater than money and material goods

And that goes the same for those who profess to love Him, yet serve the god of greenbacks

 

They are already talking of bringing the parents here to take care of their kids - seems more and more like a democrat plan to buy votes when they get amnesty/dream act/whatever they will call it. Seal the boarder and then have a discussion if you want.

The line has been crossed millions of times already.

 

Getting back to basics.....this is called queue jumping, there is a paper trail to do the migrant thing legally, which is LESS dangerous and probably LESS expensive, so WHY is this continuing.

People who have left all they possessed in a flight for their lives usually do not have their paperwork with them.....so is the legal way TOO frustrating , too selective? Does any country accept manual labourers these days, is there a possibility for a bonded service like for medical folk etc.

Chucking people back to a hell hole is only going to ramp up the hostility of the have nots and those that have.

Our economic system is not particularly people friendly so is time to readjust it?

Just some thoughts, feel free to wade in with contributions or what have you.:tonofbricks:

 

We love them as we love ourselves.

 

Always has been. It's called work visas.

What we have is a lot of people who have been given the notion that they don't have to go through the normal system. What we need to address is where they got that notion from; as well as the fact that if we give them amnesty, then we're reinforcing that notion.

 

Scarlett, I have three foster kids in my house right now because there are so many kids in the system. I'll continue to take in as many as God will give me room to take in.

If my HOA would let me add onto the house I would. :laugh:

But to answer your question, I probably won't be adopting any of them unless they make their way to Georgia. But there are indeed more ways to love on these kids than to adopt them.

All I'm saying is that folks in the church need to stop responding to everything based on politics and start responding with the love of Christ.

Instead of what benefits us, what benefits them now that they are here.

Treating them the way I would want to be treated if I had miraculously traveled hundreds and thousands of miles to get somewhere.

I again think this is a wonderful opportunity to share the love and Gospel of Jesus Christ with THOUSANDS we would had to travel outside the country to reach before.

 

Isn't he is talking about the first settlers, who took the land from the Native Americans?
What laws did the Native Americans have concerning people who came here, and the caps on how many people could come? Where can I find this information?

 

The question is even if some folks are open to adopting some of these kids, what kind of legal red tape would be involved in adopting them?

 

Determining if the parents are still alive; if they are, will they absolve parental rights; ensuring compliance with the agreements between their home country and ours...and oh so much more....

 

And as far stretched as DFACS is, it would probably be a while before an adoption could get approved which is why I said there are other things that followers of Christ can do to be the face of Jesus for these kids.

If God is allowing them to get here, it's could be an opportunity to reach someone for Him who probably hasn't had the opportunity to hear.

 

What would Jesus do? He was able to feed thousands with very little.

"oh ye of little faith"

There is a solution to this dilemma. It is not sending the children back to the abyss.

We are reaping the sowing of greed and self righteousness--it is coming back like a whirlwind.

Time to repent and do the first works.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

Bro. James

 

:applause::applause::applause:

 

Who is a child?

I think that many kind-hearted and well-intentioned people in our churches see the word "child" and think of sweet, innocent kids and if they have issues, why, a little love and a few hugs and some church will fix 'em right up.
The reality that many people under the age of eighteen, even in American society, have been living self sufficient lives and involved in drugs, gangs, assaults, and criminal lifestyles isn't sinking in. That some lie about age isn't sinking in. (want to adopt a twenty year old gang member with a baby face who passed as 14?)
It's great to want to do good, but wisdom is needed in order for this good to not actually be harm.

 

I know Massachusetts law makes in impossible to know the mental and criminal histories of children up for adoption. I know a lot of families who have been destroyed by adopted kids. Thousands, as my history working with juvenile delinquents for nine years will attest to. They are not isolated incidents.