It's harder for compassionate Democrats to say no to more folks though saying yes might sink the whole lifeboat.

In a New York Times editorial by Josh Barro, I read that unauthorized immigrant population exploded to 14 million in 2023 from 10.5 million in 2021 during Biden's presidency. Democrats still get blame, but I look deeper at a dilemma that many countries face around the world; the overwhelming number of folks needing help and safety among the over 8 billion people in this world.

It's harder for the Democrats to say no to people from places like Haiti and Afghanistan. It's like the dilemma faced by people on a lifeboat who fear that saving more people will lead to the sinking of the lifeboat.

Many from Afghanistan helped Americans during that war and would face persecution if sent back; for instance.

Still, if not the actual amount of room in the lifeboat, at least the political fortunes of the Democratic Party sink when compassion stretches the situation with housing, infrastructure, traffic and so forth.

In Christianity, the Sermon on the Mount seems to call for a radical form of compassion, but the reality of people and politics, around the world, is much more limited.