Southern Baptist Leaders Sign World Relief Letter Opposing Ending Human Trafficking Program Disguised as 'Refugee Resettlement'

If you’re unfamiliar with the Biden administration’s “Refugee Resettlement” program, let me fill you in. Essentially, it was a glorified conveyor belt for drug traffickers, human smugglers, and foreign nationals who had no intention of assimilating. It’s been abused, weaponized, and sold to the American people as an act of compassion when in reality, it has served as a backdoor for criminal enterprises to operate under the guise of humanitarian relief.

And now, as President Trump wields his executive authority to bring this charade to a screeching halt, Southern Baptist and Evangelical leaders are scrambling to keep the machine running.

Enter Brent Leatherwood, the head of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), who, along with a coalition of left-leaning evangelicals, has signed onto a letter with World Relief demanding that Trump’s executive order be reversed.

Their argument? Well first, you must understand that they believe you’re too stupid to understand, and they know better than you. They are, after all, the Evangelical Intelligentsia.

So, they offer up same tired script we’ve heard a thousand times before. The Bible says to "love your neighbor." Refugees are made in the "image of God." Therefore, resisting an open-border free-for-all is somehow a rejection of Christ. It’s the kind of scriptural malpractice that would make even a prosperity preacher blush.

Let’s break down their letter, titled "A Christian Statement on Refugee Resettlement," piece by piece. First, they declare: "As Christians, we are committed to upholding the dignity of every human life, as made in the image of God (Genesis 1:27)." A beautiful sentiment, but applied selectively.

If the dignity of every human life matters, why are these same voices not speaking up for the children smuggled across the border by cartels? Why is the dignity of American citizens—many of whom have suffered due to cartel violence, drug epidemics, and human trafficking—so easily dismissed?

Then comes the dramatic plea: "More people are forcibly displaced today than at any other time in recorded history... Nearly 40 million of these displaced people have crossed an international border as refugees." Yes, displacement is a tragic reality, let’s be real, the displacement is perpetuated by a system that encourages it.

Further, nowhere does Scripture command the U.S. government to be the sole recipient of the world's displaced masses. This is an appeal to emotion, not a sound immigration policy. The real question is, why should America continue shouldering a burden that other wealthy nations, like China, and other major global powers refuse to touch?