⁍ President Donald Trump’s administration has announced plans to let only 15,000 refugees resettle in the United States in the 2021 fiscal year.
⁍ The cap was cut to 18,000 in the 2020 fiscal year that ended on Wednesday, and only 11,814 refugees were resettled.
⁍ Critics have said that the United States under Trump has abandoned its longstanding role as a safe haven for persecuted people.
– The US State Department has set a record low for the number of refugees it plans to allow into the country in the next fiscal year, Reuters reports. According to the AP, the cap of 15,000 refugees for the 2021 fiscal year, which begins on Thursday, is the lowest in the modern refugee program’s 40-year history. The previous low was set under President Obama, who allowed 110,000 refugees in the 2017 fiscal year. The State Department says the low ceiling “reflects the Trump administration’s prioritizing of the ‘safety and well-being of Americans, especially in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.'” The number of refugees allowed into the US in the 2020 fiscal year was cut to 18,000.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-refugees/trump-plans-to-slash-us-refugee-admissions-to-new-low-idUSKBN26M4QO