A maximum of 30,000 refugees will be allowed to resettle in the United States next fiscal year. The new ceiling imposed by the Trump administration marks a dramatic decrease from this fiscal year's 45,000-person cap, which had also been a significant reduction.
For three decades before that, the US resettlement ceiling hadn't dropped below 70,000.
The policy shift was announced by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday; evangelical and Catholic advocates for refugees were quick to push back.
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