Trump is cutting refugee admissions

The U.S. is now rejecting more legal immigrants than ever before.

Refugee advocates warn that President Trump is dismantling the country's refugee resettlement program. https://t.co/G2NYWnDBKs

— NPR (@NPR) December 28, 2018

More news about refugees

This is elementary foreign policy. The best way to stop an influx of refugees is to rehabilitate the countries they’re coming from.

Nobody WANTS to flee their home with nothing, they’d rather stay.

Building barriers is not only inhumane, it’s ineffective. https://t.co/aIQvgVp2SH

— Marc Love 🏳️‍🌈 (@marcslove) December 28, 2018

Do refugees increase crime?

New study finds no discernible effect of refugee resettlement on local crime rates in the US: https://t.co/mKP9VzFVCV by Daniel Masterson and Vasil I. Yasenov @ImmigrationLab

The paper uses @realDonaldTrump's 2017 refugee ban as a natural experiment. pic.twitter.com/pAxxNH4PJ3

— Robert Dur (@DurRobert) December 27, 2018

After the fatal shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue, Jewish congregations across the country have vowed to continue helping resettle refugees in America. https://t.co/KAcCrSOiHk

— NPR (@NPR) December 28, 2018

Trump administration lowers number of refugees admitted for 2019

.@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

Trump Administration will accept only approximately 21,000-22,000 refugees in 2018

The article in the third tweet below has the most details of this terrible policy which, like the rest of Trump’s policies, is biased in favor of white people. From the article:

“This year, with a record high 68.5 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, the United States is on track to take in about 22,000 refugees, a quarter the number admitted in 2016, the last year of Barack Obama’s presidency, and the fewest in four decades. ”

and

“In addition to far lower admissions overall, the type of refugee admitted has changed under Trump, a Reuters analysis of government data shows. The percentage who are Muslim is now a third what it was two years ago; the percentage who are Europeans has tripled. ”

The Trump Administration will accept roughly 21,000 refugees in 2018 versus 85,000 in President Obama’s last year in office. In the worst refugee crisis since 1945, the U.S. is not living up to our ideals as well as our self interest. https://t.co/YQBuNrzhzD

— Nicholas Burns (@RNicholasBurns) September 12, 2018

"This year, with a record high 68.5 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, the United States is on track to take in about 22,000 refugees, a quarter the number admitted in 2016, the last year of Barack Obama’s presidency," https://t.co/UH8KmyqjdA

— Lawrence Hurley (@lawrencehurley) September 12, 2018

My investigation with @shurufu is out today – it's a deep look at all the behind-the-scenes ways the Trump administration has transformed America's refugee program https://t.co/xK0NB0nibo

— Yeganeh Torbati (@yjtorbati) September 12, 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

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