The Trump administration wants to give preferential treatment to refugees based on those likely to achieve "successful assimilation" in the United States, according to a report to Congress obtained by VICE News.In addition to slashing the refugee admissions cap to historic lows, the Trump administration is potentially creating a new hurdle that vulnerable people must clear to come to the US
On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced plans to admit a maximum of 45,000 refugees in the coming fiscal year, by far the lowest ceiling since the modern resettlement program was established in 1980. To make the number official, the White House needed to run it by Congress, which it did at the last possible minute. While administration officials held a conference call with reporters to discuss the move, members of the relevant House and Senate committees still hadn't seen the report justifying the drastically reduced cap.
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