For decades, America resettled more refugees than the rest of the world put together. But under Donald Trump refugee admissions were slashed to record lows
JOE BIDEN campaigned on a promise to show compassion to immigrants. The month after he took office, the new president pledged to increase the annual limit on the number of refugees allowed to resettle in America to 62,500. So it came as a surprise when, in April, he said that he would allow in no more than 15,000 in the fiscal year ending in September, maintaining the woefully low cap introduced by his predecessor, Donald Trump. The reaction was swift.
The administration’s new policy is a return to standard American practice. For decades, America resettled more refugees than the rest of the world put together. But under Mr Trump refugee admissions were slashed to record lows. Resettlements were set to increase to 110,000 in the year to September 2017; instead they fell to less than half that number. In fiscal 2018, for the first time, America took in fewer refugees than Canada.
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