'Jesus was a Middle Eastern refugee' post goes viral

Whitney Logan's Christmas post about Jesus being a Middle Eastern refugee has gone viral, attracting 370 shares and 266 reactions as of Friday. Image source: Facebook Whitney Logan's Christmas post about Jesus being a Middle Eastern refugee has gone viral, attracting 370 shares and 266 reactions as of Friday. Image source: Facebook Photo: Whitney Roberts Logan Via Facebook Photo: Whitney Roberts Logan Via Facebook Image 1 of / 30 Caption Close 'Jesus was a Middle Eastern refugee' post goes viral 1 / 30 Back to Gallery

Refugees have been a focal point of political discussion. While campaigning, President-elect Donald Trump has promised to bar Syrian refugees from coming to the United States.

One woman is using a Facebook Christmas post about Jesus Christ to draw even more attention to the issue, and her message has gone viral.

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"This Christmas season we would like to remind everyone that Jesus was a Middle Eastern refugee," psychotherapist Whitney Roberts Logan wrote on her Facebook page.

The post has attracted 370 shares and 266 reactions since Logan posted it online Sunday.

She told Your Daily Dish that she wanted to remind Christians that refugees are part of the Christmas story.

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The post got nearly 180,000 responses when it was posted to a "secret" Hillary Clinton Facebook group, according to the Kansas City Star.

The post comes at a time when Aleppo in Syria is being bombarded with war, causing people to leave for safer areas of the world.

Debate has followed on who and how many refugees should be allowed in America.

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In September, President Obama's administration announced a new goal of resettling 110,000 refugees into the United States during 2017.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott acknowledged Texas has taken in numerous refugees but had concerns that the federal government was not vetting Syrians enough. He's threatened to withdraw Texas from the federal refugee program due to terrorist concerns.