Iraqi Christians Supported Trump; They Now Face Deportation

The BBC is reporting on the detention and deportation of more than 100 Iraqi Christians (Chaldean Catholics) in Michigan.

The niece of one man detained said this: “My entire community voted for Donald Trump. Our priest, our church, everyone wanted us to vote for him. We all rooted for him and we were really happy when he got elected. But we did not think he would do this to our people.”

Her priest, Father Kassa, countered: “No the Chaldean community does not regret its voting for President Trump. I would say that we are asking for him to, we have hope that he’s hearing our situation…”

That situation, as Father Kassa sees it, is not just “persecution” of Chaldean Catholics in Iraq. Their deportation is a “death sentence.”

-KitJ