The White House announced Thursday that it drastically lowered the refugee cap to 18,000 for the upcoming fiscal year. This is one of the lowest levels since the start of the refugee program, and already down from 30,000 last year. The State Department announced the cut was based on the “current burdens” on the immigration system, and that the cap will not be raised until those burdens are “alleviated.” The State Department estimated that it will receive 368,000 refugee and asylum claims in FY 2020, but will only admit a maximum of 18,000 refugees.
– Weekly Immigration Briefing by Olivia Hester, Immigration Law Analyst at Docketwise
Posted in: Immigration
posted on: September 27, 2019