On Thursday, the administration announced it would set a refugee cap of 18,000 people for the fiscal year, which begins 1 October. The state department oversees refugee resettlement. Refugee resettlement is a slow process that involves the most intense scrutiny of any form of US immigration. Alawee said the new refugee cap was lower than she expected and she was worried for families waiting to be reunited with relatives. “What’s sad is I don’t think the US wants to be a world leader in refugee resettlement anymore,” Sime said.

Source: The Guardian September 28, 2019 04:52 UTC