In the Holy Bible's Book of Exodus, God gave this command to Israelites whom He has freed from slavery: "You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt."
Now, advocates of opening up borders of countries for immigrants are using this Bible verse to justify acceptance of these refugees.
Award-winning journalist Cheryl Chumley, however, argues otherwise.
In an article on WND, Chumley said "sojourner" should not be interpreted to be the same as refugees. For her, illegal immigrants like those coming from war-torn areas in the Middle East are not considered as sojourners or temporary visitors.
She added that immigrants, who she considers as "lawbreakers," should not be given "extra concessions" while citizens themselves are "put in a second-class state."
The author, one of the few who advocate closed borders, also criticised leaders of the Roman Catholic Church like Pope Francis for their "crazy" views on immigration.
"These are people that are supposed to be grounded in biblical principles," she said. "First and foremost it's truth, right? They're supposed to understand the concept of right and wrong and law versus lawbreakers, and yet they're so quick and speedy to embrace the lawbreakers at the expense of those who are here legally that it just spins my head."
Chumley also blasted the Roman Catholic Church's hierarchy for its supposed hypocrisy, and for not practising what they preach.
"These same people that are pointing fingers at the rest of America criticising us for wanting to uphold border controls – you don't see them too often opening their homes and welcoming in these illegal immigrants into their own homes, sheltering them, providing for them, giving them food and so forth," she said.
"Nine times out of 10 their calls for aid come at the taxpayers; they want the taxpayers to do things that they themselves don't want to do," the author added.
The Pope earlier said that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was not acting like a Christian when he proposed to close American borders for refugees, arguing that some of them may be terrorists.
"How can it be compassionate and loving to break laws at the expense of those who live on the borders and have to deal with those border crossings on a daily basis?" Chumley said of Roman Catholic leaders.
