In a now embarrassing January 2017 interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, Donald Trump was asked, “The refugee changes you’re looking to make, as it relates to persecuted Christians, do you see them as kind of a priority here?” Trump answered, “Yes. They’ve been horribly treated . . . We are going to help them.” However, a new letter from the Evangelical Immigration Table notes that in the first half of 2018, the Trump administration admitted only 23 Middle Eastern Christian refugees.
Trump’s full statement in the Christian Broadcasting Network interview doesn’t deny that Christians in the Middle East face danger but rather casts the blame for their lack of admission into the U.S. on the Obama administration.
Trump vowed to be a strong advocate for Christians who face persecution abroad. “Yes. They’ve been horribly treated. Do you know if you were a Christian in Syria it was impossible, at least very, very tough, to get into the United States,” said Trump in the interview. “If you were a Muslim you could come in. But if you were a Christian it was almost impossible. And the reason that was so unfair is that, everybody was persecuted in all fairness, they were chopping the heads off of everybody, but more so the Christians, and I thought it was very, very unfair. So we are going to help them.”
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