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. JAVED TANVEER/AFP via Getty Images (The Christian Post) 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 ...
