Vultures scavenge for dead animals along a river turned sewer conduit in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. Its waters turn from clear to black as it traverses informal settlements and industrial hubs.

Scripture says that we are to care for immigrants and those in need, which is why many Christians’ recoiled at the viral images of Texas Border Patrol on horseback chasing Haitian asylum-seekers, using horse reins as whips—a sight that caused many to mutter, this is a shame before God.