We always see video of illegal immigrants saying they “just want to work” and “make money”. Well we know they violate US immigration laws and also violate laws by obtaining fake documents. Often engaging in other crimes like identity theft. Doing just about anything to “make more money”, because although most had jobs before coming to the USA, they felt they just had to have more. A little bit was not good enough. Paul once told debt slaves that they should not fall for the words of men who would turn them away from masters who were believers and that the love of money brings all kinds of evil and sorrows.
1 Timothy 6:1-10 (New King James Version)
1) Let as many bondservants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and His doctrine may not be blasphemed.
2) And those who have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren, but rather serve them because those who are benefited are believers and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.
3) If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness,
4) he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions,
5) useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.
6) Now godliness with contentment is great gain.
7) For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
 And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content.
9) But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.
10) For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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Those are some hard verses for many Christians in America to take in full and properly comprehend. Because many confuse the debt slaves Paul was speaking to with America’s former form of brutal forced generational slavery. Where even a supposedly Christian master might never grant a slave freedom, regardless of that slave’s religious beliefs. (Keep in mind Christian Quakers started the effort to end slavery in America.) But the bottom line is that Paul was instructing the poorest of laborers to serve under Christian brothers and not be greedy for money. The Christian faith is not a means to get rich. (So you folks always looking for monetary “blessings” should be careful.) And Paul was correct. Godliness is a reward greater than earthly wealth and God rewards those who are faithful as he sees fit. As Jesus explained in the parable of the talents, some are given more than others. From there it is up to each of us to remain faithful while increasing over time, but that does not mean we turn the desire to earn into our God. Because if we do, that sends us down a dangerous path. So the poor must work and strive to do better within the rules, but not allow others to focus their minds on simply making more money. We should be focused on earning more in the spirit, than in the flesh. And when we earn more in earthly gain, we are to use that wealth to be a blessing to others, as Paul notes later in that same chapter. (This does not mean government forcing money from people to give to others, but rather individuals freely giving, free of compulsion.)
So I found an interesting story where a young woman in Mexico was working with her family on a farm. It was hard work, but she was getting by. Then she fell for the words of a man who promised to make her a lot of money. And despite the fact her family did not want her to leave, she left Mexico and entered the USA with this man illegally. From there she learned Paul’s words the hard way.
Women coerced into sex trade: Gwinnett police fight ever-evolving prostitution rings
EDITOR?S NOTE: The former prostitute interviewed for this story has cooperated with Gwinnett County Police Department to help bring down brothels in the Norcross area. Her story is substantiated by police reports and detectives. She agreed to be interviewed for this article only if granted anonymity. Her story was translated from Spanish to English by her boyfriend during a telephone interview. Both the woman and her boyfriend requested their names and likenesses not be used because they fear retribution from others in the underground sex market. For the purposes of attribution, the woman is referred to as ?Clara? and her boyfriend as ?Marco.?
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LAWRENCEVILLE ? Clara thought she was leaving behind a rural Mexican farm life for better opportunities in America when she snuck away from her family home with her boyfriend four years ago.
Although Clara, then 20 years old, had only known him for two months, her boyfriend promised to make her his wife, build them a nice house and find a high-paying job for her in the United States. It sounded infinitely better than the life she knew in her tiny village in the Mexican state of Puebla.
There, she was one of eight sisters in a family struggling to get by, working long hours in the sweltering heat to cultivate fields of corn, and milking goats and cows. Clara?s family did not approve of her leaving the country, but she didn?t care.
She escaped with her boyfriend one night and traveled to the Texas border, where he paid a ?coyote,? or guide, $2,700 to shepherd them safely into a land of promise. The couple then boarded a bus bound for Georgia.
But the farther she got from her family, the more Clara began to realize things were not going as planned.
The boyfriend who had been so caring at first began to beat her. And there was no high-paying job. Instead, the boyfriend demanded that she prostitute herself to repay him for smuggling her across the border. He threatened to kill Clara?s father and the rest of her family if she didn?t
comply.
Within days of her arrival in Gwinnett, a strange woman came and got Clara, put her in a car and drove her to various apartment complexes in Norcross. The woman knocked on the doors of male customers and offered Clara to them. Fearing for her family?s life, Clara did what she had to do.
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On any given day, Clara had sex with 20 to 35 men in cramped rooms that had been divided into cubicles.
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I’m sure if Clara had it to do all over again, she’d have remained on that farm.
Now I must mention that there are probably people reading this, who feel prostitution should be legalized and aside from the sinful aspects, that legalization would somehow do away with a problem like this. Nothing could be further from the truth. Because any legally recognized business includes things like taxes and regulations. Meaning illegal prostitution would continue to flourish, because they underbid anything else. Legalized prostitution in an area that already has issues like this would only result in the area having more similar problems, because the handlers/pimps would know that there would be less police enforcement in that area.
Check out this video of the current debate going on in Las Vegas about making prostitution legal. Notice the ACLU is all for it and the sin loving Mayor as well. But they ignore that this form of prostitution using Asian illegal aliens is already going on in Las Vegas.
Man Accused Of Running Illegal Las Vegas Brothels Released
A man accused of using Asian prostitutes to run illegal Las Vegas brothels was released from custody on Wednesday, but four other suspects are still in jail. Dat Ming Leung was one of five people arrested on Friday night in Las Vegas as part of Operation Jade Blade. Jade Blade was a 2 ? year investigation conducted by the IRS, the INS, and Las Vegas police.
Authorities claim that all five people participated in an organized conspiracy that involved smuggling Asian women into the U.S. to work as prostitutes. Leung was released over objections of a federal prosecutor who said that he is a danger to the Las Vegas community and a flight risk. But Leung defense attorney said that Leung hasn’t been charged with any crimes for at least 10 years.
Leung has four prior convictions for assault and battery but those were more than 10 years old.
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Decriminalizing prostitution would only ensure that smuggling in women for prostitution would not only continue, but increase. Just look at what is happening in the ultra Liberal parts of Europe.
Infiltrating Europe’s shameful trade in human beings (emphasis added to the last sentence quoted below)
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In the heart of Europe
Farther along the trafficking pipeline, hundreds of women and girls are smuggled into Europe every day and forced onto the streets of cities like Hamburg, Paris, London and Amsterdam.
Amsterdam, a city synonymous with hedonism, is perhaps best known for its legalized sex industry, in which prostitutes pay taxes and undergo regular health exams. The city?s Red Light District is a virtual Disneyland of sex ? with only European Union passport holders allowed to ply the trade.
But only a few miles? drive from the city center, traditional Dutch tolerance is helping fuel the trafficking problem. In Theemsweg, a fenced-in, football field-sized parking lot built by the government for unregulated sex workers, girls sit in bus shelters ? also courtesy of the government ? waiting for clients. There are no EU citizens here ? and the prostitutes? countries of origin are strikingly familiar: Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic. On weekends, men looking for cheap sex wait in cars that back up for a mile. Sexual encounters, which take place right in the cars, cost $20.
Smuggled into Europe
Asked how she got to Theemsweg, 20-year-old Anna from Russia?s Far East said, ?You don?t want to know.? Dutch police officials, speaking privately, estimate that as many as 70 percent of the prostitutes in the Netherlands are working illegally, using false documents provided by smugglers to skirt Dutch and European laws.
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The bottom line is that the prostitution business always carries additional negative baggage, on top of the fornication/adultery taking place. It runs down communities and towns are better off keeping such sinful “business” illegal.
November 12th, 2006 at 12:16 am
Illegal Aliens Caught With Sex Slave Who Was Smuggled into the USA as a 13 Year Old Virgin.
If you think these people wanted to “just come here to work” in some factory or farm you’re fooling yourself. These criminals used our porous Southern border to bring in a 13 year old virgin as a sex slave. They raped her and force…