World Relief says 4K resettled refugee families it resettled could be impacted by DHS vetting operation

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So they're not just losing support from Catholics. They'll be losing support from some Evangelicals, too.

From The Christian Post:

Matthew Soerens is the VP of advocacy and policy at World Relief, an arm of the National Association of Evangelicals. They've received funding from the State Department for resettling refugees in the U.S.

"We got some very troubling news, coming out of Minnesota in particular, where refugees, families that have been lawfully resettled by the United States government because they fled persecution in their countries of origin, had been detained by ICE," he said. "ICE officers had actually shown up at their doors, and if allowed in, had detained in some cases entire families, including children."

He said some individuals were arrested while leaving for work, leaving behind spouses and children. The U.S. government had invited these families to settle in the country after fleeing religious persecution, often for their Christian faith or political reasons, he underlined.

"[These] refugees are lawfully present from the moment that they arrive, they have been invited by the United States to rebuild their lives in this country because of the persecution that they have already been found to have experienced ... for reasons like their faith in Jesus or their political opinion or their nationality, their ethnicity," he added. "The families that have been detained that we are aware of have already filed for their green cards the way that they are supposed to. But they have not yet received them. Part of that is green cards for refugees resettled under the previous administration have been halted entirely as of last fall."

Soerens added that the DHS has indicated the operation will expand to other states. The group estimates that about 4,400 people resettled through its offices, affiliate partners, and churches nationwide could be vulnerable under this initiative.

https://www.christianpost.com/news/world-relief-says-lawful-refugee-families-detained-by-feds.html