Threat to deport persecuted Christians hits close to home for North Carolina church

Taliban fighters parade along a road to celebrate after the United States pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar on September 1, 2021 following the Taliban's military takeover.  

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 By Ryan Foley - Posted at The Christian Post:

Published April 25, 2025

"Their journeys to the United States were harrowing, long and complicated, but they all entered the U.S. legally," she [Julie Tisdale] wrote. "That is not actually an easy thing to do. Immigration authorities interview individuals to assess whether they face a credible fear of persecution and torture in their home countries."

Members of a North Carolina church are urging the Trump administration not to deport nearly two dozen Christian refugees from Afghanistan after they were ordered to leave the United States within days before their asylum claims have been heard by a judge.

Julie Tisdale, a seminary student who attends Church of the Apostles in Raleigh, is among members of her church who have been speaking out on behalf of the Afghan Christians who were ordered to leave the country by a deadline that passed about a week ago.

"We've been advocating with members of Congress and senators," she said in an interview with The Christian Post. "We've had some conversations with the staff who work on immigration issues in those offices. So in terms of advocacy, I would say that's been the big thing as well as some media stuff."

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