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In 2016, moments after speaking on a TV interview about the dangers of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Zia Danesh’s car was bombed on his way home.

The organization says it will no longer receive federal funding and at least 400 people who were scheduled to resettle in Spokane can no longer enter the U.S.

President Donald Trump’s day-one executive orders stopping the flow of refugees into the United States could prevent hundreds from coming to Spokane this year and threaten the funding of the resettlement agencies that help them.

President-elect Trump, who won with the majority of Christian votes this election, has repeatedly pledged to defend Christians from persecution.

World Relief Spokane (WRS) held an information session Thursday at Sun City Church, outlining its efforts to support refugees and how local individuals and groups can contribute to the cause.

Since June 2022, Morella Pérez Suels has been education services manager at World Relief Spokane, a resettlement agency that serves immigrants and refugees from many communities, countries and cultures.

World Relief Spokane has relocated its corporate office to Spokane Valley in a move designed to improve and expand employer partnerships for the nonprofit organization’s refugee clients, says Development Director Barbara Comito.