The number of Christian refugees admitted to the United States, fleeing persecution has plummeted 90%. under Trump. Two advocacy groups associated with evangelical Protestantism are the source for these numbers -- World Relief and Open Doors USA. More persecuted Christians were admitted in the single last year of the Obama-Biden Administration than in all of the first three years of the Trump Administration.
So far this year, Trump has only allowed 950 persecuted Christians to seek refuge in the Land of Liberty. Churches, governors and mayors have begged for the opportunity to help refugees, pledging to care for these suffering victims. In there homelands, many of these Christians face violence and even death because of their Christian faith.
Walter Kim, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, called the data in the report “shocking.” Kim also expressed disappointment in the Trump administration’s refugee settlement policy. The United States, he said, has "long (been) a beacon of hope for those fleeing religious persecution ... We must change this policy and remain a leader for religious freedom."
Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville, auxiliary bishop of Washington and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, agreed. “We are living in what St. John Paul II called a ‘new age of martyrdom,’ where many worldwide face persecution for their faith,” he said. “I pray our nation will reverse course and once again stand with refugees and asylum seekers, including those escaping religious persecution.”
Russell Moore of the Southern Baptist Convention, urged his fellow Christians to “pay careful attention” to the findings of the report. He called on evangelicals to "recommit ourselves to ministering to all of those in our communities, and around the world, who are fearful for their very lives.”
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