.@SecPompeo: The improved refugee policy of this Administration serves the national interest of the United States and expands our ability to help those in need all around the world. We will continue to assist the world’s most vulnerable. pic.twitter.com/SKDHjdXdGD
— Department of State (@StateDept) September 17, 2018
A new low in the history of the US refugee program. Even post-9/11 the cap was at 70,000. https://t.co/Mboy8LEA1J
— Rebecca Berg (@rebeccagberg) September 17, 2018
Breaking: Pompeo says US will let in max of 30,000 refugees in FY19. That's down from 45,000 cap this year and less than a third of Obama-era levels
— Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) September 17, 2018
Dem and GOP aides on the Judiciary Committee both tell me they were not consulted nor notified as required under law https://t.co/4ZWzFA4P29
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) September 17, 2018
So @SecPompeo decides to count asylum seekers & refugees together — saying that since there's a backlog of asylum seekers, the US should take in fewer refugees. The two programs have always been kept separate in the past. The new cap on refugees for FY 2019: 30K. Down from 45K.
— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) September 17, 2018
Shameful: "The number represents the lowest ceiling a president has placed on the refugee program since its creation in 1980 " Trump to Cap Refugees Allowed Into U.S. at 30,000, a Record Low via @NYTimes https://t.co/ZYxOiJNIhP
— Rabbi Jill Zimmerman (@RabbiJill) September 17, 2018
Analysis: The Trump approach to refugees, visualized https://t.co/RT0x7xUoQ3
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 18, 2018
America has been a beacon of hope for those fleeing religious persecution, war, and violence. Facing the worst global refugee crisis of the postwar period, the Admin is closing the door. Trump would have us become a fearful nation, yearning to wall itself off from the world. https://t.co/kLTbNjaOIm
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) September 18, 2018
The Trump administration has cut the number of refugees they let into the country by a third. That decision could gravely harm organizations that assist those already here https://t.co/MSwv6yUmwo
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 25, 2018
Sad! 