Jesus‑as‑Refugee Political Frame

A recurring public‑argument tactic invokes Jesus’s flight (the nativity/escape to Egypt) as a universal refugee precedent to morally preclude restrictive immigration policies. The frame treats a contested theological story as decisive moral evidence, making immigration a question of revealed morality rather than distributive politics or institutional tradeoffs. — If normalized, this frame can immunize policy positions from compromise, pressure clergy into political signaling, and provoke backlash that polarizes religious communities and public debate over immigration.