“President Trump has said he will defend persecuted Christians,” said Soerens of World Relief. “And the U.S. refugee resettlement program is one of the primary ways that the U.S. government protects Christians and others fleeing persecution.”

Shawn VanDiver, founder and president of #AfghanEvac, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the impact of President Trump’s executive order suspending the U.S. refugee resettlement program, especially for the tens of thousands of Afghan refugees who served alongside U.

While refugee resettlement groups are still scrambling to interpret the scope of the funding freeze, advocates believe the move will affect their efforts to integrate refugees int