White House to drastically cut number of refugees US accepts to 18,000 next year
by Molly O'Toole, Los Angeles Times
Sep 26, 2019
2 minutes
WASHINGTON - Amid what the United Nations says is the largest displacement of people across the globe in modern history, the Trump administration plans to slash the number of refugees the U.S. will accept to 18,000 for 2020, the State Department announced Thursday.
Last year, President Donald Trump capped the total at 30,000 refugees, already one of the lowest levels since the
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