What would Martin Luther King Say about Immigration

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• Answer #1

  Dr. King stood for the rights of all people. I have no idea what his opinion would be regarding immigration but I believe that he of all people would want everyone to have a decent future, food on the table, a roof over their head. I quote from his nobel prize acceptance speech "I refuse to accept the idea that the "is-ness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "ought-ness" that forever confronts him.

  I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him.

  I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.

  I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of nuclear annihilation.

  I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

  I believe that even amid today's mortar bursts and whining bullets, there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow.

  I believe that wounded justice, lying prostrate on the blood-flowing streets of our nations, can be lifted from this dust of shame to reign supreme among the children of men.

  I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits.

  I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, men other-centered can build up."

  especially the part "I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits."

  I believe that Dr. King would understand a father, mother, sister, brother wanting that for their family.

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• Answer #2

  Yep he only stood up for ciivil rights for black people not sure he would do the same for others.

• Answer #3

  I don't think he would agree with a wide open door Border policy.

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