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Grace Jin Drexel hopes Donald Trump can get her father out of a Chinese prison.<\/span><\/p>\n Mingri \u201cEzra\u201d Jin is the pastor of Beijing\u2019s Zion Church, one of China\u2019s largest underground Christian churches. In October, he and 22 other church leaders were arrested and imprisoned as part of the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s crackdown on independent churches. <\/span>Drexel, an American citizen, told The Daily Wire that Trump has an opportunity to build on his \u201cimpressive\u201d record of freeing hostages to advocate for her father\u2019s freedom.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis Eastertide season, President Trump has the unique opportunity and ability to secure the release of my father \u2014 building on his already impressive track record of freeing hostages \u2014 and show that he has not forgotten persecuted Christians,\u201d Drexel told The Daily Wire. \u201cMy father, as a pastor, only wanted what Christians all over the world want: to worship our one and only God freely. We are so proud to have such a role model as a father and grandfather.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Her comments come after a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Wednesday urged Trump to press Chinese President Xi Jinping on the treatment of Chinese Christians during his upcoming visit to China.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe encourage you to advocate for their release and request the PRC to allow Mr. Jin to leave China, in addition to raising concerns regarding the ongoing unjust imprisonment and persecution of Christians, Tibetans, and Uyghurs, among other religious and ethnic minority groups across China,\u201d the lawmakers wrote in a <\/span>letter<\/span><\/a> led by Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Reps. Riley Moore (R-WV) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The lawmakers also asked for the Trump administration to use visa restrictions and sanctions to target individuals responsible for locking up Christians and other religious minorities in China.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cPresident Trump cares deeply about our great Christians around the world,\u201d White House principal deputy press secretary Anna Kelly told The Daily Wire. \u201cWe do not comment on the president\u2019s private conversations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Drexel, who testified about her father\u2019s plight during a hearing by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom in January, thanked the lawmakers for their advocacy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI am so grateful for the letter by so many members of Congress from across the country that highlights that me and my father\u2019s story resonates with so many,\u201d she told The Daily Wire. \u201cAs a daughter, I want my father back with us in the U.S. and I hope that the leaders of both countries, both having daughters, will understand my family\u2019s plight.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Drexel previously told<\/a> The Daily Wire that her father became a Christian after the brutal Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhen the country betrayed them in such a brutal way, it really was shocking, and they lost a sense of direction for my dad,\u201d she told The Daily Wire. \u201cHe then found the sense of purpose and direction in Christianity, and he turned to Christ, and he realized that was the firm foundation that he needed in order to build his life upon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n