US Slashes Number Of Refugees To 30,000 For Next Year

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September 17, 2018 5:26 p.m.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is cutting the number of refugees allowed into the United States next year to 30,000.The announcement comes despite calls from global humanitarian groups that this year’s cap of 45,000 was too low.The 30,000 ceiling announced Monday by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is the maximum the U.S. will admit during the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1. The actual number allowed could be lower. The U.S. welcomed nearly 85,000 refugees in the final year of the Obama administration.

The lower admittance numbers reflect the Trump administration’s opposition to accepting refugees and other immigrants into the U.S. That approach has already driven down refugee admissions to their lowest level in a decade.

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srfromgr says:

September 17, 2018

Lemme guess…all white and all Christian.

(It’s in the fine print if you look real hard.)
bkmn says:

September 17, 2018

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jackyt says:

September 17, 2018

So, less than one one hundredth of one percent! My oh my, and that’s because the generous US is so-taken-advantage-of by the refugee hordes? Pathetic and despicable, not to mention cheap and tawdry.
krux says:

September 17, 2018

At this point the US is the source of refugees.
eggrollian says:

September 18, 2018

Probably at previous points as well. Let’s start with the US-backed Juan Orlando Hernández in Honduras. A few families own most of the land in the country, so basically a land of mafia control. And yet people seek to flee the place. Amazing. Brazil and its Walking Dead Economy? Haven’t they learned anything from Morgan? Our policies create refugees.

And besides, refugee problems are for poor people. Money talks.

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