SUMMARY: Guatemalan-American Old Testament scholar, M. Daniel Carroll R., has written a very brief piece on how American Christians should respond to Hispanic immigration. Carroll provides the background of immigration in America, illustrates how the Old Testament is a collection of stories by/about "people on the move," discusses OT ethics in regard to foreigners, and briefly discusses issues relating to immigration in the New Testament.

PROS: This is a quick, easy read and provides a nice overview of the issues surrounding immigration and the Christian response. Particularly noteworthy are Carroll's discussions of the history of immigration policies in America and the discussion about "sojourners" and foreigners in the OT. As a Latino person, he offers a personal insight and points out things I would never have thought about (Like preference for "Latino" instead of "Hispanic," "undocumented" instead of "illegal," and "immigrant" instead of "alien").

CONS: This is a very brief, narrow treatment of immigration and theology. The title seems to imply that this book is about immigration, but Carroll makes it known very quickly that the book is largely about immigration from Latin America. What about other immigrants and refugees (an updated version of the book needs to address the Syrian crisis). It seemed that Carroll was apologizing throughout the book for not being more thorough in his treatment. There is nothing really new in the book.