In a world that increasingly mocks borders, blurs cultures, and calls nations mere human inventions, we must turn again to the eternal Word of God for clarity. The issue of illegal immigration is not merely about policy, it is a spiritual crisis. It is not just about who crosses into a land, it is about whether that land will continue to be governed by law, righteousness, and God-ordained order.

This is not a matter of politics. It is a matter of covenant. God is not the author of confusion, and He has never endorsed lawlessness, chaos, or the erasure of boundaries. He established nations, borders, tongues, and lands for a divine purpose. And to tear these down is to rebel against Him.

I. Borders Are Biblical: God’s Design, Not Man’s Idea

The Bible speaks plainly on the sanctity of borders. From Genesis to Revelation, God honors boundaries, He draws them, defends them, and punishes those who violate them.

“When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when He separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people…” — Deuteronomy 32:8

Here we see that the very concept of “nationhood” is not a human innovation but a divine act. God Himself “divided,” “separated,” and “set the bounds.” And this is not an isolated passage.

“And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation.” — Acts 17:26

The Apostle Paul echoes the Old Testament, reaffirming that God not only made nations, but also determined their appointed times and “bounds of habitation.” This means borders. God created distinct peoples with distinct lands, for His glory and their good.

To violate these borders through illegal immigration is to trespass on sacred ground. It is to break the order God has established.

II. Walls Are Not Unloving, They Are Righteous

In an age of sentimentalism, people have been trained to associate walls with hatred and cruelty. But Scripture testifies the opposite.

Jerusalem, God’s chosen city, was surrounded by walls. Nehemiah, the righteous leader, was commissioned by God to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem not only to preserve the physical city but to restore the dignity, safety, and identity of God’s people.

“So built we the wall… for the people had a mind to work.” — Nehemiah 4:6
“Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night.” — Nehemiah 4:9

Building the wall was an act of worship, protection, and national restoration. It was not xenophobic, it was covenantal.

Even the final vision of the New Jerusalem is of a city with walls and gates:

“And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates…” — Revelation 21:12

If walls are good enough for God’s heavenly city, then they are good enough for earthly ones. A borderless nation is not a sign of love, but of judgment.

III. Illegal Immigration Is Theft and Rebellion

Illegal immigration is not merely migration, it is theft. It is the violation of a nation’s laws, its sovereignty, and its resources. God condemns theft and the disrespect of rightful authority.

“Thou shalt not steal.” — Exodus 20:15
“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.” — Romans 13:1

To enter a country unlawfully is to steal citizenship privileges, social services, and cultural inheritance that were not earned or granted. It is to act in rebellion against the authorities God has set in place.

Historically, righteous nations upheld strict standards for citizenship and entry. In ancient Israel, foreigners could dwell among the Israelites only if they submitted to the laws of the land and respected its people and God:

“One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.” — Exodus 12:49

A sojourner was not free to ignore the law. He had to honor it, or face expulsion or death. There was no sanctuary for lawbreakers. The modern concept of “sanctuary cities” is utterly foreign to biblical order and a mockery of true justice.

IV. Culture Matters: Babel Was Not Blessed

The globalist dream is Babel revived, a single language, a single government, a single mixed people divorced from God’s design. But God was not pleased with Babel. He judged it.

“And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one… now nothing will be restrained from them… Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language…” — Genesis 11:6–7

The mixing of peoples under one humanistic banner was rebellion. God’s judgment was cultural separation. He scattered them. He created distinction. He preserved national identity. The push toward borderless, multicultural society is not progress, it is regression to rebellion.

Every people, every culture, every nation carries its own spiritual DNA. When illegal immigration floods a nation, it brings in not only bodies, but beliefs, many of which are at odds with biblical truth.

V. The Fruits of Lawlessness: Crime, Corruption, and Collapse

God’s law reveals that blessing follows obedience and curses follow rebellion (Deuteronomy 28). Illegal immigration brings disorder, and disorder brings destruction.

Crime:
Data confirms what many communities know firsthand. In the United States, numerous studies show that illegal immigrants are disproportionately responsible for crimes such as identity theft, drug trafficking, gang activity, and sexual offenses.

• In 2018, the Government Accountability Office reported that illegal aliens committed tens of thousands of crimes every year, including homicides, sexual assaults, and kidnappings.
  
• In Texas alone, from 2011 to 2021, illegal aliens were charged with over 611,000 criminal offenses, including 1,200 homicide charges and over 65,000 assault charges.
  

Drugs:
The open border with Mexico has enabled a flood of fentanyl into the U.S., contributing to over 70,000 overdose deaths annually. This is not compassion, it is carnage.

Human Trafficking:
Illegal immigration is often fueled by cartels and smugglers who exploit vulnerable people. Children are trafficked, women are raped, and families are extorted. To support illegal immigration is to empower this evil supply chain.

God hates those who pervert justice:

“Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark.” — Deuteronomy 27:17
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil.” — Isaiah 5:20

A nation that fails to defend its own border invites judgment and blood on its hands.

VI. Economic Theft and National Decline

Many argue that illegal immigrants “contribute” economically. But this is deceptive. While some work hard, the overall cost to the host nation is catastrophic.

Welfare Usage:
According to a 2020 report by the Center for Immigration Studies:

• 63% of non-citizen households access welfare programs (compared to 35% of native households).
  
• Illegal immigrant households are significantly more likely to use food stamps, Medicaid, housing subsidies, and public schooling, all funded by taxpayers.
  

Labor and Wages:
Illegal labor drives down wages for working-class citizens, particularly men. It floods the market with cheap labor, undermining native employment and hollowing out entire industries. This is not prosperity, it is parasitism.

Healthcare Burden:
Hospitals along the U.S. southern border have been forced to close due to the unsustainable cost of providing free care to non-citizens. Diseases once eradicated such as tuberculosis, measles, and scabies have resurged.

A nation cannot survive long when it subsidizes its own invaders. As the Apostle Paul warned:

“If any would not work, neither should he eat.” — 2 Thessalonians 3:10

God’s economy is one of diligence, justice, and reward—not redistribution to lawbreakers.

VII. The Moral and Religious Implications

Beyond economics and crime, there is a deeper issue, it is spiritual disintegration.

Illegal immigration imports not only foreign customs but often foreign gods. Latin America, for example, is steeped in a mixture of Roman Catholicism, animism, and paganism. Many illegal immigrants bring idols, syncretism, and false religion into the land.

“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” — Exodus 20:3

True revival and national restoration cannot occur when a nation welcomes those who openly practice false religion and idolatry. Multiculturalism without Christ is Babel all over again.

Moreover, illegal immigration destroys the very idea of national unity. God expects a people to walk together in covenant:

“Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” — Amos 3:3

A country with no shared language, no shared morals, and no shared faith is not a country, it is a waiting corpse.

VIII. Compassion Does Not Mean Compromise

Christians are told to be compassionate, and rightly so. But biblical compassion is never a license for lawlessness.

The good Samaritan helped a wounded man on the road; he did not sneak him across a border.

The Apostle Paul welcomed Gentiles into the Church, but only after they repented and submitted to God’s law.

The cry of “love your neighbor” has been hijacked to mean “abolish your nation.” This is heresy.

“Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” — Romans 13:10

Love upholds law. It does not undermine it. To support illegal immigration in the name of love is to redefine love into madness.

IX. Historical Precedent: Nations That Opened Their Gates Fell

History is littered with examples of civilizations that ignored borders and were overrun.

• Rome collapsed not merely from moral decay, but from waves of unchecked migration. The Visigoths, Huns, and Vandals crossed borders, sacked cities, and ended an empire.
  
• Byzantium opened its gates to Muslims and Turks, eventually leading to the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
  
• Even ancient Israel was destroyed by Assyria and Babylon after they compromised their national identity and disobeyed God.
  

The pattern is always the same: a loss of vigilance leads to a loss of sovereignty.

X. The Sin of Non-Assimilation: A House Divided Cannot Stand

One of the most destructive features of illegal immigration is not merely the crossing of physical borders, but the refusal to cross cultural and spiritual ones. A guest who refuses to honor the house he enters is not a guest at all, he is an invader.

America has historically been a nation that welcomes lawful immigrants who desire to adopt the language, customs, and values that shaped our Christian heritage. But today’s illegal alien population does not assimilate. In fact, many resist assimilation outright.

They do not learn the language.

They do not adopt the culture.

They do not embrace the faith.

Instead, they erect foreign outposts on our soil, little enclaves of rebellion where foreign flags are waved, foreign languages dominate, and the Christian West is mocked and replaced.

Refusal to Learn English: A Fracturing of National Unity

Language is more than communication; it is the glue of a people. A shared tongue binds hearts, transmits values, and sustains law and order. When people live within the same borders but speak different tongues, confusion reigns.

“For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?” — 1 Corinthians 14:8

How can a people prepare, govern, or worship together if they cannot understand one another?

According to a 2021 report from the U.S. Census Bureau, over 67 million people in the United States speak a language other than English at home, a 160% increase since 1980. Spanish dominates, and in many neighborhoods, English is functionally extinct. This is not diversity, it is division.

And God warns against such division.

When He judged Babel, He confused their language to scatter them. Today, we are importing confusion through multilingualism, and pretending it is virtue.

The result? Governmental inefficiency, educational chaos, workplace miscommunication, and a national identity crisis. Schools must now provide translation for dozens of languages. Hospitals, courts, and emergency services are overwhelmed trying to communicate with people who refuse to assimilate.

This is not compassion. It is collapse.

Multiculturalism without Assimilation Is National Suicide

A people cannot survive when those who enter refuse to become part of the body politic. Scripture condemns such disunity.

“If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.” — Mark 3:24

The modern refusal to demand assimilation is not kindness, it is compromise. The ancient Israelites understood this. While strangers could dwell among them, they had to adopt the ways of God’s people.

“Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country.” — Leviticus 24:22

This law prevented cultural fragmentation. But in our modern context, the failure to require immigrants to conform to the language, customs, and faith of the land has resulted in ghettos of lawlessness, regions of foreign influence, and political power wielded by those who despise the nation that feeds them.

They march in the streets waving foreign flags.

They refuse to pledge allegiance to the country they entered.

They demand government services in their own tongue while scorning the people who pay the taxes.

This is not immigration. This is occupation.

A Return to Covenant Nationalism

If a man enters your house and demands you speak his language, eat his food, and celebrate his holidays, he is not a visitor. He is a conqueror.

God commands that a nation be united in law, language, worship, and moral order. We must reject the false gospel of multiculturalism and return to the biblical principle of covenant nationalism.

A nation must be a people bound by shared faith, law, and tongue. Anything less is a tower of Babel waiting to fall.

Let us then:

• Require English fluency for all residents and government interaction
  
• Eliminate foreign language ballots, signage, and schooling
  
• Restore a singular national identity rooted in Scripture and tradition
  
• Cease funding multicultural programs that divide, rather than unite
  
• Preach repentance and the gospel to every foreigner, not in surrender, but in sovereignty
  

“Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.” — Romans 16:17

Let us build not just walls of stone, but walls of meaning, culture, and truth.

XI. A Call to Restoration: Guard the Gates

It is not enough to complain. Christian men must act. We must reject the lies of globalism, resist the guilt tactics of the media, and recover a biblical vision for borders, nations, and justice.

We must:

• Demand enforcement of immigration laws
  
• Support the building of physical and legal walls
  
• Reject all “amnesty” and sanctuary policies
  
• Preach repentance to those in our midst
  
• Uphold our culture, language, faith, and sovereignty
  
• Teach our children the blessing of righteous nationhood
  

A godly nation is not built on broken laws, foreign allegiances, or open borders. It is built on covenant, clarity, and courage.

“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.” — Psalm 33:12

Let us not be found building Babel. Let us build Zion.

Let the Great Order be restored!