U.S. will admit up to 45,000 refugees next year
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The cap, the lowest in decades, was proposed by the administration in a report to Congress on Wednesday.
Refugee advocates say the lower limit ignores growing humanitarian crises around the world that are causing people to flee their native countries in greater numbers, and represents a departure from U.S. global leadership.
The Trump administration says the lower cap is necessary so that U.S. officials can address a growing backlog of people applying for asylum inside the United States, and to do better vetting of refugees. ■