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U.S. to sharply cut cap on refugees to 30,000 for 2019

 

FILE PHOTO - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Singapore August 4, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States would cap the number of refugees allowed into the country at 30,000 for fiscal year 2019, a sharp drop from a limit of 45,000 it set for 2018.

 

"We proposed resettling up to 30,000 refugees under the new refugee ceiling as well as processing more than 280,000 asylum seekers," Pompeo said in an announcement at the State Department.

 

"These expansive figures continue the United States' long-standing record as the most generous nation in the world when it comes to protection-based immigration and assistance," he said.

 

The refugee ceiling set last year of 45,000 was the lowest since 1980, when the modern refugee programme was established. The United States is on track to admit only 22,000 refugees this year, about half the maximum allowed.

 

It was not immediately clear whether the State Department and the Pentagon, which supported maintaining the cap at 45,000, changed their position as the debate proceeded or failed to persuade the White House.

 

U.S. President Donald Trump campaigned in 2016 promising tight restrictions on immigration, and his administration has sharply reduced refugee admissions through executive orders and closed-door decisions in the past year and a half.

 

(Reporting by Lesley Wroughton; Editing by Peter Cooney)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-09-18

[underlordcthulhu]

It's a start at least.

[Chomper Higgot]

9 minutes ago, underlordcthulhu said:

It's a start at least.

It’s a start on the destruction of the American Dream.

 

And it will fail.

[GinBoy2]

Of course it's all such a sham.

Melania's parents entered the US with greencards as her parents on what Trump himself always refers to as 'chain immigration'

The hypocrisy is nauseating

[Tug]

Ahhh it’s just Donald getting off on taking advantage of the helpless he needs it to feel bid and brave

[BTB1977]

11 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

It’s a start on the destruction of the American Dream.

 

And it will fail.

I guess they will have to dream about other countries. Nobody really needs to move to America. It is a want, not a need. 

[Rimbuman]

Still way too many.

[dexterm]

So which Native American tribe do Trump and Pompeo belong to?

Complete hypocrisy.

The USA was built on people seeking a better life escaping economic, religious and political persecution.

 

"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"

 

The lady in New York Harbor has turned red with shame.

[The manic]

21 hours ago, underlordcthulhu said:

It's a start at least.

How many refugees did Saudi Accept?

[The manic]

6 hours ago, dexterm said:

So which Native American tribe do Trump and Pompeo belong to?

Complete hypocrisy.

The USA was built on people seeking a better life escaping economic, religious and political persecution.

 

"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"

 

The lady in New York Harbor has turned red with shame.

The myth of USA generosity to refugees has been exposed in various historical reviews. The real question is why do wealthy muslim countries refuse all refugees? 

[The manic]

19 hours ago, Tug said:

Ahhh it’s just Donald getting off on taking advantage of the helpless he needs it to feel bid and brave

How many refugees did China or Kuwait take?

[IAMHERE]

On 9/18/2018 at 5:53 AM, webfact said:

as well as processing more than 280,000 asylum seekers

That is a total of 310,000 foreigners getting a new life in the USA; not to mention the hundreds of thousands coming across the Mexican border. The American Dream is getting watered down so thin it is almost nonexistent to native born Americans, most of whom get taxed to pay benefits for these new immigrants. Time to stop importing people, we got enough home grown already.

[Kasset Tak]

So, will US stop all the wars they are responsible for as those wars is the underlying reason for most of these refugees!?

[simple1]

On 9/19/2018 at 9:04 AM, The manic said:

How many refugees did Saudi Accept?

https://www.opensourceinvestigations.com/syria/gulf-states-response-to-syrian-refugee-crisis-a-myth-debunked/

 

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/anhvinh-doanvo/europes-crisis-refugees_b_8175924.html

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrians_in_Saudi_Arabia