Trump to set refugee cap at 45,000

[riversedge]

Source: Politico




By ANDREW RESTUCCIA and TARA PALMERI

09/26/2017 03:58 PM EDT



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The State Department recommended that Trump embrace a ceiling on refugees of 50,000. But the Department of Homeland Security had previously raised concerns that it didn’t have the capacity to process 50,000 refugees in fiscal year 2018, citing the backlog of asylum applications. The department instead argued for a 40,000-refugee cap.

White House policy adviser Stephen Miller, an immigration hardliner, aggressively pushed for a cap well below 50,000, the administration officials said.

Refugee advocates had called for a cap of at least 75,000.

Before a decision can be finalized, the administration needs to consult with members of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees to explain its reasoning for the new cap. But a person familiar with the issue said that had not yet happened as of Tuesday afternoon......................................

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/26/trump-refugee-cap-limit-243167

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It also says this is the lowest in decades. Stephen Miller at the helm again!

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Happy‏ @AngieB205 5h5 hours ago
Replying to @tarapalmeri @AndrewRestuccia

Thank God for President Trump! 🙏 for our President. There are dark forces trying to remove him from office! ✝🙏
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Evan Witten‏ @EvanWitten 4h4 hours ago

BOT
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Cheryl J Henderson‏ @AcherylJh 4h4 hours ago

Replying to @tarapalmeri @gatewaypundit @AndrewRestuccia

Set it to ZERO until the debt is paid off. we have no money for refugees unless they are Christians seeking asylum
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Jenny Carroll‏ @JenRenCar 4h4 hours ago

Their religion should have nothing to do with it, especially in the United States.
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AmericanA‏ @amtwsk 4h4 hours ago

Replying to @tarapalmeri @gatewaypundit @AndrewRestuccia

Zero would be perfect.
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🔌MADworld slim🔌‏ @craig_mcmillan 4h4 hours ago

/ yeah who cares about those human lives anyway

[sakabatou]

1. Oh look, xenophobes!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. A drop in a bucket. A fig leaf. Attempt at plausible deniability?

"Who, us? Racists? But, but, but, ... we let in 45,000! Forty Five Thousand! "

Even so, his base will grumble.

Any bets that all 45,000 will be christians fleeing the Middle East? Gonna be any Rohinga muslims admitted?

[IronLionZion]

3. Stephen Miller would block his own grandparents from entering the US

from Belarus for being too Jewish, or something

[sinkingfeeling]

4. This is why my donations this year are to agencies helping refugees

and those providing food, schooling, and medical care outside of the United States.