WWJD?

You know, the real problem with people making the appeal of "What would Jesus do?" is that no one is really asking the question seriously.

The implication is that you are asking "What would Jesus do if he were in your position?", and then assume that Jesus is limited to your resources.

But Jesus wasn't limited to our resources.

He performed miracles and wonders.

It seems that a lot of arguments about immigration reform attempt to appeal to Christian charity, as if Jesus would either side with a liberal laissez faire for the law in favor of taking care of the desperate or with the strict, conservative, legalistic approach.

Really, Jesus probably wouldn't do either. He'd probably go hang out in Mexico for a while, heal the sick, and multiply loaves and fishes for thousands of starving people before the ever got around to crossing the border. Jesus probably wouldn't even set foot in the USA, because we are pretty much the modern equivalent of ancient Rome -- relatively wealthy, advanced, and living pretty cushy lives on the whole. Mexico, though, with its corruption and poverty, probably looks a heckuvalot more like ancient Israel under Roman occupation.

This isn't to say that he'd be siding with illegal immigrants from Mexico, per se. If, for some reason, he found himself in Arizona or Texas, he'd probably feed them and whatnot, but I don't think he'd side with them. Remember, when he had his chat with the Samaritan woman, he didn't congratulate her on her fortitude and her diversity. He acknowledged the Samaritans as being misguided expatriates of the Jewish nation -- but that didn't mean he hated them or was xenophobic.

The question "WWJD?" falls apart in a political context. Whereas the liberal answer would be "feed the people," it ignores the fact that Jesus could spontaneously generate food. When liberals think Jesus would heal the sick, they forget that Jesus didn't need to distribute a limited amount of medical resources in a fair and reasonable manner.