The Trump administration is considering lowering the number of refugees the United States accepts each year to below 50,000 people, the New York Times reported Tuesday, citing unnamed current and former officials.
It would be the lowest number of refugees accepted by the U.S. since 1980, the New York Times noted.
President Donald Trump already set the maximum number of refugees accepted in the country to 50,000 with his executive order earlier this year, down from more than 100,000 under President Barack Obama. But some White House officials are pushing for him to lower that cap even further, according to the New York Times.
White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, known for his hard-right views on immigration, has led this push, at one point proposing lowering the number of refugees accepted to 15,000, per the Times. Officials at the Department of Homeland Security are also pushing to lower the cap, proposing it be set at 40,000 refugees, the New York Times reported. Officials at the National Security Council, State Department, and Defense Department have opposed a significant drop in the number of refugees accepted, per the Times.
Go, Mr President! It is possible there are one or two countries in the world who still respect us. Let’s get that number down to zero! It’s just another job that Obama could not do that you can.
Stephen Miller should’ve been chucked out the same time as Bannon.
At some point he’ll have bus tire tracks on his back, same as everyone else. In the meantime, he’s stoking the white supremacist base on Trump’s behalf.
In other words, he’s feeling the need for another round of applause and knows he can get one from the alt-right white nationalist pigs.
Wasn’t it Jesus who said “I got mine, sucks to be you?” That was right after he said “Fuck the poor, and while you are at it, get these brats away from me.” I think I read that in the gospel of Trump.
We live in a country that fills me shame and anger.
(This link explains how the US Virgin Islands is turning back Irma victims from the British Virgin Islands.)