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URGENT: Afghan Christians Facing Potential Deportation to Afghanistan

Hundreds of Afghan Christians fled to the United States as refugees when the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 2021. They were religious refugees refusing to bow to the Taliban's command to revert to Islam. They followed all legal pathways to enter the United States.

But recent policy changes have put them at risk of being sent back to the country they fled for their lives. 

If deported from the United States back to Afghanistan, these Christians face:

  • Immediate arrest at the border
  • Torture to reveal the names of other Christians
  • Execution under the Taliban interpretation of Sharia law
  • Family persecution, including violence and death, for relatives of identified Christians

This is not about politics—it's about preventing the execution of Afghan Christians who followed all legal processes to seek safety in our country.

By signing the petition, you're calling upon the US Department of Homeland Security to:

  1. Recognize that Afghanistan is hostile to Christians
  2. Give Afghan refugees who legally entered the US time for their asylum claims to be properly vetted and processed

We are bringing this petition before the White House. Your signature will help us show that Americans are standing up to protect the lives of Afghan Christians.

Thank you for standing with Afghan Christians.

BE A VOICE FOR PERSECUTED AFGHAN CHRISTIANS.

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Full Petition Text

TO: Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem

We, the undersigned, urgently request that the Department of Homeland Security:
 
  1. Recognize that Afghanistan remains a Country of Particular Concern where Christians face severe persecution, consistent with U.S. State Department assessments

  2. Immediately rescind the April 10, 2025 statement by DHS Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs, Tricia McLaughlin, that "Afghanistan no longer continues to meet the statutory requirements for its Temporary Protected Status designation."

  3. Allow Afghan Christians and minorities who have documented persecution due to religion or belief and who legally entered the U.S. to have Temporary Protected Status while their asylum claims are properly vetted and processed.

WHY THIS MATTERS:

The Taliban government actively persecutes Christians in Afghanistan. Evidence shows:
 
  • Christians are specifically flagged at border crossings for arrest
  • Converts face torture in detention and likely execution under Taliban enforced Sharia
  • Taliban laws make Islamic worship compulsory and any practice of Christianity illegal
  • Religious police have powers to enter private homes and search for non-Islamic materials
  • The Taliban offers financial rewards to citizens who report Christians
 
Every year since 2022, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has recommended Afghanistan be designated as a Country of Particular Concern for its “systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations.” 
 
Deporting Afghan Christians and other persecuted minorities would be sending individuals to face persecution, torture, and potentially death based solely on their religious beliefs, and would contradict America's longstanding commitment to religious freedom articulated in the International Religious Freedom Act, which establishes the "promotion and protection of religious freedom as a foreign policy priority of the United States."
 
The National Security Strategy specifically pledges to "advocate on behalf of religious freedom and threatened minorities" and "place a priority on protecting these groups."