Tisdale strongly disagrees that protection from deportation is no longer necessary for the Afghan Christian refugees who attend her church. "The issue for these people is not economic insecurity ...

There were 71,000 deportations in the first half of June alone, according to U.N. estimates. These Afghan refugees are returning to a country in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.

These are people, and Christians, as whoever we are, as Americans, we want to protect, we want to help our neighbors across the world," said Andy Terlouw.The package was later determined not to be ...

An Afghan national who worked as a translator for U.S. troops and entered the U.S. legally was detained during his immigration hearing in San Diego.