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Trump Sets Refugee Cap at 18,000

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   The White House is defending President Donald Trump's decision to limit
   the number of refugees the United States will admit in the 2020 fiscal
   year to 18,000 -- down 78% from the 85,000 cap set during the final
   year of the previous Obama administration.

   Trump's critics slammed the presidential determination [1]setting the
   refugee cap, which was announced late Friday having been [2]initially
   proposed at the end of September.

   "President Trump's decision to close America's doors to refugees
   fleeing persecution is cruel and shortsighted," former Vice President
   Joe Biden, who is seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination,
   said in a tweet posted Sunday.

References

   1. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-determination-refugee-admissions-fiscal-year-2020/
   2. https://www.voanews.com/usa/immigration/us-hits-lowered-refugee-cap-2019-another-decrease-looms

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