re: Reverend Al Sharpton makes up religious lie about Jesus being a refugee

Good point. In daily life we use the term "refugee" to refer to a broad range of those escaping oppression.

However, the U.S. legal definition for immigration purposes refers to refugees as:

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Under United States law, a refugee is someone who:

Is located outside of the United States
Is of special humanitarian concern to the United States
Demonstrates that they were persecuted or fear persecution due to race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group
Is not firmly resettled in another country
Is admissible to the United States
A refugee does not include anyone who ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.

For the legal definition of refugee, see section 101(a)(42) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

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USCIS website

It is only appropriate to use this definition here since Sharpton is comparing Jesus's situation to the Syrian refugee crisis.

Thus, if Sharpton wants to make a truly accurate comparison, he needs to show that Jesus entered into a different country, along with the other elements. I think we all know that he doesn't care though and wants to use this comparison as a way to make it seem like Republican-Christians hate Jesus.

And this all depends on which book of the Bible you're reading and think is accurate