BREAKING: Trump administration sets lowest cap ever on refugees fleeing war, violence and persecution
WASHINGTON –The Trump administration said Thursday it will dramatically reduce the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the United States next year – permitting no more than 18,000 people fleeing war, violence and persecution across the globe to make a new home in America.
In addition to the 18,000 refugees, the U.S. anticipates receiving more than 350,000 individuals in new asylum cases in 2020, the State Department said. Still, religious leaders and human rights groups said the Trump administration had undermined America's bedrock tradition of welcoming immigrants and offering a beacon of hope to refugees seeking a new life.
Story continuesThe State Department had already dramatically cut the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the first years of Trump's presidency – permitting only 28,052 in the first 11 months of fiscal year 2019 , and only 22,491 in all of 2018. "That is a drop in the ocean compared to the overall number," Crocker said during the conference call. But it's enough to set an example for other countries around the world and spur them to follow America's lead.
Trump’s cuts to the refugee program have been so severe that in 2018, for the first time, Canada accepted more refugees than the U.S., even though its population is one-ninth that of the U.S.
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