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The Immigration Crisis: Immigrants, Aliens, and the Bible is unavailable, but you can change that!

An estimated twelve to fifteen million people now reside illegally in the United States, posing a major social and legal challenge to the nation. Americans are divided over the best course of action in dealing with these illegal immigrants, and Christians are using the Bible to stake out different positions. The Immigration Crisis addresses this complex issue through a comprehensive look at the...

of Canaan (Gen. 11:31–12:9), and this is where the story of ancient Israel’s ancestors begins. What can we learn from these stories? What do the biblical laws dealing with immigration say regarding the alien that could help us today? On the one hand they protect the immigrant, while on the other hand they safeguard the nation receiving the new aliens. In the following chapters we shall look at the biblical stories and laws, while at the same time we must consider their cultural, social, and legal