Are you aware that there the millions of people who live all around you who are living today in constant FEAR, the FEAR of being deported? Years ago, Jay Leno, the host of the Tonight Show, spoke about his immigrant mother and her daily FEAR —

As an immigrant, my mother lived in constant fear of deportation. You could miss up to four questions on the citizenship test, and mom missed five.

The question she flunked on was: “What is the Constitution of the United States?” The answer she gave was: “A boat.” Which wasn’t entirely wrong. The USS Constitution was docked in Boston.

But the judge instantly denied her citizenship. My father stormed up to the judge. “What is this? Let me see the test! She’s not wrong—the Constitution is a boat!”

The judge rolled his eyes and said, “No, the Constitution is our basic governing document.”

Jay Leno’s father retorted: “It’s also a boat in Boston! The Constitution! Same thing! Come on!”

The judge finally couldn’t take any more. He said, “Fine. She’s a citizen. Now get out here!”

So my father said to my mom, “You passed!” “No, I didn’t pass,” she whimpered. “They’re going to come after me!”

From then on, any time my mother was even in the proximity of a policeman, she quaked with fear. When I took her to Scotland in 1983, she asked me, “Will I be able to get back in?” “Ma! Don’t worry! That was 50 years ago!” It never ended.

Jay Leno, former host of the Tonight Show

If Jay Leno’s mother felt this way her whole life, how do YOU think millions of people living all around YOU feel today? No matter how YOU feel about immigration, deportation and politics, have YOU ever lived in constant FEAR so as to identify with the many people who live around YOU?

GOD CARES ABOUT THOSE IN NEED, AND SO SHOULD WE WHO ARE IN GOD’S FAMILY!

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