Matthew 22:36-40

Immigrants are fleeing conditions that we know are evil.

God wants us to welcome those who are seeking safe harbor for themselves and their families. Who are we to go against Him. Jesus, commanded  us to  love others. As long as we live on this earth we are to be His hands and feet to show His love for all by our actions.

Matthew 22:36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Micah 2:1-3

2 Woe to those who devise iniquity, And work out evil on their beds! At morning light they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand. 2 They covet fields and take them by violence, Also houses, and seize them. So they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance. 3 Therefore thus says the Lord: “Behold, against this family I am devising disaster, From which you cannot remove your necks; Nor shall you walk haughtily, For this is an evil time. The New King James Version

The Hebrew term is used here as a divine threat. In this form, the prophetic oracle is called a “woe pronouncement.” These wicked individuals lay on their beds at night thinking of evil plots. They cannot sleep because they are consumed with wickedness. The Hebrew word used here typically means “god”; however, when used of people it denotes strength or might. These evildoers were powerful, wealthy people with the ability to carry out their schemes and profit by them.

The mistreatment of others has given these evildoers the impression that they are better than those upon whom they prey. Faithlife Study Bible

The ethical teaching of the prophets regularly included oracles of judgment against greed, theft, and oppression, actions of the powerful in attacking the weak. To covet is not just to have a passing thought; it is a determination to seize what is not one’s own. While the wicked devised iniquity, God made some plans of His own. The idea here is that the disaster of God would be inescapable. The NKJV Study Bible

Psalm 36:4 

He devises wickedness on his bed;

He sets himself in a way that is not good;

He does not abhor evil.

Isaiah 5:8 

Woe to those who join house to house;

They add field to field,

Till there is no place

Where they may dwell alone in the midst of the land!