This past week, the US State Department ordered World Relief and other organizations to “stop all work” related to paused federal grants, through which these organizations help refugees resettle in their first months in the country. This comes shortly on the heels of a last-minute order from the United States government that put those fleeing Taliban persecution in Afghanistan—including those who helped the US in the war against al-Qaeda—in precarious limbo.
The matter right now is not just the global backlash against refugees but the glee with which some anti-refugee figures celebrate their rejection and revile those who would remind them that Jesus of Nazareth was, in fact, a refugee.
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