Commentary: The US is taking in fewer refugees than ever, and it's our loss
In November of 2016, a Darfuri man named Ameen, his wife, Aarya, and their daughter were referred by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for resettlement to the United States. That welcome news came after more than a decade of persecution and hardship for the family, first in Sudan, where the Janjaweed militia were systematically killing Darfuris, and later in Jordan, where they fled.
In the past, such a referral generally meant that a refugee could hope to be resettled fairly quickly. But
