Honorable Mention for Biblical Interpretation About the Author Most people are overwhelmed and confused by the complex realities of living in globalized and multicultural communities.
People feel insecure and yearn for decisive one-step solutions to difficult problems.
It is therefore not surprising that anti-immigrant legislation has won widespread approval in the US Congress. This legislation discourages future immigration, severely limits government subsidies for elderly and disabled immigrants, and penalizes refugees who have resided in the United States for more than five years. Often overlooked is the fact that many of these newcomers are joining family members in immigrant and refugee communities. These communities have formed in the last 20 years in the wake of violent political upheavals. Spawned by the bipolar tensions of the Cold War and of the civil and ethnic wars that erupted in its aftermath, these upheavals have made sudden mass migrations of desperate people an increasingly common occurrence.