How End Times Theology Shaped U.S. Immigration Policy | Sojourners

How End Times Theology Shaped U.S. Immigration Policy

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The U.S. has always considered itself as this New Jerusalem a land specially blessed by God but also one that is only available to those specially chosen. And from the establishment of the United States as a nation, as Lin discusses, this drive to only welcome certain individuals has been heavily focused on questions of race and national origin. The notion that the U.S. is a nation that welcomes immigrants is a myth that contradicts historical record. Instead, our “[i]mmigration and naturalization laws serve ultimately to create the ideal population as conceived by those who set policy and legislate,” Lin writes.

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