Illegal Immigrant Children Are ‘Created in the Image of God,’ Issue Is Not Just Political, Says Russell Moore After Touring Texas Facilites

By: American Decency Staff

Members of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention toured two Texas facilities Tuesday that are providing temporary shelter to illegal immigrant children from Central America.

During their tour, members met with U.S. Border Patrol agents, spoke to children with the help of translators, and learned more about the work of pastors who are facilitating humanitarian efforts to meet the needs of immigrants who are flocking to the U.S.

"For me, touring the facility puts a human face on the crisis," Russell Moore, president of the ERLC told The Christian Post Tuesday after he toured the Customs and Border Protection facility in McAllen.

"To be able to talk to a 7-year-old boy from El Salvador, about the same age as my own son, and to wonder what sort of horror is in his background, having trekked across Mexico to seek refuge," Moore commented. "It puts a human face on the situation for me, especially since we're at a time when many of our churches are sending kids off to youth camps all over the country. To see these children about the same age, who are at a place of great uncertainty, touches me at the human level."

Moore further asserted that the children are not "issues."

"These are people created in the image of God," he said. "It's easy to forget when we're simply talking about the issue as though it were merely political."

"Americans, regardless of our views on immigration policy, ought to be moved with compassion for the plight of these children; and to ask: What should we do to address this crisis? And see the crisis for what it is — a moral issue and not merely a political one," he added.

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