Kevyn wrote:
The brave souls who helped slaves escape to the north and on to Canada we’re adding and abetting, they were also heroic. The Germans who hid and protected Jews and Roma from the Gestapo were aiding and abetting fugitives and again history recognizes them as hero’s. The churches and local politicians who are protecting immigrant families today are no different and no less heroic.
Today's illegal immigrants are fleeing neither the "chains of slavery", nor "gas chambers".
Only an idiot could consider that a valid comparison.