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<blockquote data-quote="JosephZ" data-source="post: 73439504" data-attributes="member: 396496"><p>Just because people are coming in organized caravans doesn't mean more people are coming to our borders seeking refuge. The numbers probably wouldn't have been much different otherwise because these same people would have been making the journey at some point. They would have just traveled alone or as families instead of a group. Unfortunately when traveling alone many become victims of rape, murder, human trafficking, or would have become ill with no one to help them.</p><p></p><p>Looking at the big picture, the US takes in far fewer refugees than other countries. While the charts below are a few years old, I doubt much has changed since the cap on refugees has been dropping since then. In 2015 percentage wise to population we were ranked 70th in the world; when it comes to total numbers of refugees taken in, we were ranked 17th and no where close to the countries at the top of the list.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]246260[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>What many Christians in America are failing to realize is that supporting policies that restrict immigration for asylum seekers and refugees is causing us to turn our backs on our brothers and sisters in Christ.</p><p></p><p>For example, as of August we had only taken in 23 Christians from the Middle East for the fiscal year 2018.</p><p></p><p><em>"These declines have been most stark for persecuted Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East, many of whom have endured a genocide at the Islamic State. During the first half of 2016, 1,574 Middle Eastern Christian refugees were admitted from the region, but in the first half of 2018, the United States has admitted only twenty-three, a decline of 98.5 percent. In short, cuts to our refugee admission program affect all persecuted religious minorities, but these cuts significantly impact our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ."</em></p><p><a href="http://evangelicalimmigrationtable.com/cms/assets/uploads/2018/08/EIT-Letter-Religious-Freedom-Refugees-8.2018.pdf" target="_blank">http://evangelicalimmigrationtable.com/cms/assets/uploads/2018/08/EIT-Letter-Religious-Freedom-Refugees-8.2018.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>Globally, the numbers also show how strict immigration policy hurts the Church.</p><p></p><p><em>In the fiscal year 2018, the US received just 15,748 Christian refugees, compared to 24,764 in the fiscal year 2017 and 36,822 in the fiscal year 2016. That's a 57 percent drop in just two years, according to State Department records.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Matt Soerens, the US director of church mobilization for World Relief, says the new trend couldn't come at a worse time, noting that the overall number of refugees worldwide has been growing. The UN estimates the current number to be greater than 25 million.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2018/october/number-of-christian-refugees-entering-the-us-hits-historic-low" target="_blank">Number of Christian Refugees Entering the US Hits Historic Low</a></p><p></p><p>In the not to distant future I can guarantee that what we are seeing taking place today is going to be looked back on as another dark period in American history. My hope is that more Christians will realize this and join those who will be found on the right side of history.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JosephZ, post: 73439504, member: 396496"] Just because people are coming in organized caravans doesn't mean more people are coming to our borders seeking refuge. The numbers probably wouldn't have been much different otherwise because these same people would have been making the journey at some point. They would have just traveled alone or as families instead of a group. Unfortunately when traveling alone many become victims of rape, murder, human trafficking, or would have become ill with no one to help them. Looking at the big picture, the US takes in far fewer refugees than other countries. While the charts below are a few years old, I doubt much has changed since the cap on refugees has been dropping since then. In 2015 percentage wise to population we were ranked 70th in the world; when it comes to total numbers of refugees taken in, we were ranked 17th and no where close to the countries at the top of the list. [ATTACH=full]246260[/ATTACH] What many Christians in America are failing to realize is that supporting policies that restrict immigration for asylum seekers and refugees is causing us to turn our backs on our brothers and sisters in Christ. For example, as of August we had only taken in 23 Christians from the Middle East for the fiscal year 2018. [I]"These declines have been most stark for persecuted Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East, many of whom have endured a genocide at the Islamic State. During the first half of 2016, 1,574 Middle Eastern Christian refugees were admitted from the region, but in the first half of 2018, the United States has admitted only twenty-three, a decline of 98.5 percent. In short, cuts to our refugee admission program affect all persecuted religious minorities, but these cuts significantly impact our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ."[/I] [URL]http://evangelicalimmigrationtable.com/cms/assets/uploads/2018/08/EIT-Letter-Religious-Freedom-Refugees-8.2018.pdf[/URL] Globally, the numbers also show how strict immigration policy hurts the Church. [I]In the fiscal year 2018, the US received just 15,748 Christian refugees, compared to 24,764 in the fiscal year 2017 and 36,822 in the fiscal year 2016. That's a 57 percent drop in just two years, according to State Department records. Matt Soerens, the US director of church mobilization for World Relief, says the new trend couldn't come at a worse time, noting that the overall number of refugees worldwide has been growing. The UN estimates the current number to be greater than 25 million.[/I] [URL='https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2018/october/number-of-christian-refugees-entering-the-us-hits-historic-low']Number of Christian Refugees Entering the US Hits Historic Low[/URL] In the not to distant future I can guarantee that what we are seeing taking place today is going to be looked back on as another dark period in American history. My hope is that more Christians will realize this and join those who will be found on the right side of history. [/QUOTE]
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