Refugee admission into the U.S. has dropped dramatically in recent years.
According to a Pew Research Center analysis of State Department data, refugee resettlement in the U.S. has dropped to historic lows during Donald Trump’s presidency. This fiscal year, the administration has set a cap for 18,000 — a far cry from the 110,000 cap set in 2017 (data from the Refugee Processing Center show that about 53,000 refugees resettled that year).
As for where those refugees go and who gets to decide, that’s now up in the air.
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