“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.”

A coalition of refugee support agencies in Buffalo has announced a crisis response fund after the Trump Administration put a halt to the United States refugee resettlement program.

As a result of the suspended federal refugee resettlement funding, The Refugee Partnership of WNY announced Friday the launch of a Crisis Response Fund to help refugees throughout the region that have arrived within the last 90 days.