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August 2, 2018

White House Planning to Further Slash Refugee Admissions to U.S.
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The New York Times reports the Trump administration is considering a
plan to sharply reduce the number of refugees allowed to settle in the
United States. The plan, which has the support of Trump's anti-immigrant
senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, would cap the number of refugees
resettled next year to 25,000-a 40 percent drop from the current cap.
The number of refugees allowed into the U.S. by the Trump administration
has slowed to a near trickle, with the country already on pace to allow
in the fewest number since the Federal Refugee Resettlement Program was
created in 1980.


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