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This week, I want to talk about why American Christians ought to care about

Venezuelan gang members deportation.

Now, let me say it this first.

We ought to deport Venezuelan gang members and any other criminals who are illegally in this country.

I don't think most American Christians object to that at all, and nor should they. We ought to realize

that the basic biblical justification for the existence of a state includes the state's responsibility

to uphold law and protect the citizenry. That's what the Apostle Paul is talking about in

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