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Trump To Slash U.S. Refugee Admissions To Lowest Since 1980

Joseph Curl

President Trump plans to allow no more than 45,000 refugees into the United States in the next fiscal year, which would be the lowest influx in 37 years.

In 2016, under rules set by then-President Barack Obama in a unilateral executive order, the U.S. allowed nearly 85,000 refugees into the country — many from war-torn nations in the Middle East. Obama set up guidelines that would have allowed some 110,000 refugees to be admitted in 2017.

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