For the avoidance of doubt, considering some commentary I have seen today, by the "flight into Egypt" Jesus became quite transparently and definitionally, a refugee. This is utterly incontrovertible and should be uncontroversial, regardless of political philosophy. 
It is possible to be a refugee from one's state, province, or country yet at the same time not from the Empire to which said place belongs. Jesus was safe in the Roman province of Aegyptus under Prefect Gaius Turranius but not in the vassal kingdom of Judea under Herod the Great.
The story of Jesus as a refugee may be misappropriated pursuant of a political agenda. It is quite possible too for it to be rejected pursuant of a political agenda. Reject the insidious hypocrisy of any who claim Jesus for their "kingdom" on some issues but not others.
Of course, Jesus isn't a refugee anymore. He is king, and his kingdom is not of this world. He is not clothed in red or blue but in radiant white, and he will not ride out for righteous judgement on a donkey or elephant, but a white horse.
That said, Christ's heavenly kingship has earthly implications. He may not be a refugee anymore, but some of his people are. Some who will be his people are. Some of the neighbours he commands us to love and some of the strangers he commands us to welcome are.
So get off Twitter and find refugees to love and welcome. Tell them about that time the Saviour who is Christ the Lord became a refugee, cradled in the arms of his parents as they raced through the night, so that one day a way for us might be made to find eternal refuge in him.
