Evangelical body in US urges Trump administration to reconsider plan to drastically cut refugee admissions
By Chris Eyte - Posted at Christian Daily International:
The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) has urged President Donald Trump’s administration to reverse its decision to cut U.S. refugee admissions to the lowest level in history — a move faith leaders warn will leave persecuted Christians and other vulnerable groups without refuge.Trump’s administration announced a historically low ceiling of 7,500 refugee admissions for Fiscal Year 2026 last week. In his Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions, Trump specified that the primary focus of admissions should be on White Afrikaners from South Africa.
The new cap is a considerable drop from 125,000 the previous year, the evangelical body noted, and called upon the administration to reconsider the decision, made at a time “when the world faces an unprecedented displacement crisis.”
“The U.S. refugee resettlement program is a lifeline for those fleeing persecution — whether because of their faith, their political opinion, ethnicity or other reasons protected under U.S. law,” said NAE President Rev. Dr. Walter Kim, whose parents were Korean refugees to the U.S. “In the past, the United States has been a beacon of safety and freedom for those escaping persecution.”