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Donald Trump's Other Wall

The Trump administration is expected to announce a stricter cap on the number of refugees who can enter the U.S. next year.
Source: James Lawler Duggan / Reuters

President Trump offered Tuesday a glimpse into his administration’s refugee policy when he told the UN General Assembly that the U.S. supports efforts to host those displaced by conflict “as close to their home countries as possible,” calling it “the safe, responsible and humanitarian approach.”

“For the cost of resettling one refugee in the United States, we can assist more than 10 in their home region,” Trump said.

The president’s remarks reinvigorate the fierce debate over how many refugees the U.S. should admit each year, what they cost, and whether they pose a security risk. Those issues were the centerpiece of Trump’s presidential campaign in which the real-estate mogul cited the terrorist attacks in Europe as a reason for why the

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