ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Earlier this week, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to suspend the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program, citing record levels of migration that he says compromises resources, safety, and security for Americans. The program allows refugees who are carefully fully vetted to rebuild their lives here in the U.S. With the help of an interpreter, Yuriana Loaiza told News 8 she came to the United States after fleeing Venezuela, and seeking refuge in Columbia, after dangers and repressions faced by her family. She said her family was finally set to come to Rochester the first week of February, but now due to the suspension of the program effective Monday, those plans are now on hold. "The world knows the reality of what is being lived in Venezuela," Loaiza told News 8 speaking through a translator. Loaiza described the impact when someone is taken by the military counterintelligence agency in Venezuela. "Their closest family, their wives, their mother, their sons, don't know where they are," Loaiza said. She said it's been a long journey, as she initially fled to Columbia in 2010, but made her way to the U.S. in May 2023. Loaiza said she has been dedicated to getting her sister and nephew to Rochester. The two were finally at the stage in the refugee resettlement program where they were preparing to leave Peru, but the recent suspension delayed those plans. Yuriana was devastated. "I want to make something clear. This isn't immigration. This is a refugee program. This is a program for refugees. And for one to be a refugee. It is because there is a need," Loaiza said. In President Trump's order, he directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to make a decision within 90 days about how to proceed. Angie Matis works with World Relief, an organization with a mission to help refugees in the process of fleeing their country. She said she was shocked over Trump's executive order but remains committed to providing aid. "The only thing we want to from President Donald Trump is to stand with the people that voted for him and also stand with his with his own speech. He said, 'We want to bring legal immigrants, and we want to stand with persecuted Christians.' And closing this refugee resettlement program goes against those words," Matis said. As for Yuriana, she said she is praying that her family will be united in the U.S. soon. And is pleading with President Trump to reinstate the program. "President. I do not question you. I plead to you. Don't suspend the program. There are lives in danger," Loaiza said. World Relief does have a Christian statement on its website urging President Trump to uphold his commitment to protecting persecuted Christians, and for his administration to sustain the refugee resettlement program. For more information, click here.