Refugees began arriving in the U.S. after a month-long hiatus during which the Trump administration cut the number of refugees admitted into the country to its lowest level in years.
Refugees began arriving November 5, although some had originally been designated to arrive in October. The delay in scheduling occurred because of consultations between Congress and the White House while a limit on how many refugees would be allowed into the country was set.
"The admission of up to 18,000 refugees to the United States during Fiscal Year 2020 is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest," read a presidential determination released November 1. That is the lowest number of refugee admissions in the history of the United States Refugee Admissions Program , said the. In comparison, the Obama Administration set a refugee cap of 110,000 in fiscal year 2017.
"America's support for refugees and other displaced people extends well beyond our immigration system," commented U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo."Addressing the core problems that drive refugees away from their homes helps more people more rapidly than resettling them in the United States." Only 18,000 refugees will be allowed into the U.S. this year, the lowest admissions cap in the history of the program., House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler and Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee Chair Zoe Lofgren said there had been talk of raising the number of refugees admitted into the U.S. during discussions with Pompeo.
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