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US Brings Down Refugee Limit To All-Time Low Of 18,000 For Next Year
The Trump administration said on Thursday it plans to allow only 18,000 refugees to resettle in the United States in the 2020 fiscal year, the lowest number in the history of the modern refugee program.
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US To Slash Refugee Resettlement Program By 40%
The Trump administration plans to drastically lower the ceiling of a decades-old refugee resettlement program to 18,000 people from its current level of 30,000, the State Department said Thursday.
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Donald Trump's Revised Travel Ban Blocks New Visas For 6 Muslim-Majority Nations
President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban Monday that administration officials said they hope will end legal challenges over the matter by imposing a 90-day ban on the issuance of new visas for citizens of six majority-Muslim nations.
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Revised Executive Order Bans Travelers From Six Muslim-Majority Countries From Getting New Visas
President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban Monday that administration officials said they hope will end legal challenges over the matter by imposing a 90-day ban on the issuance of new visas for citizens of six majority-Muslim nations.
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Trump Immigration Order Leaves US Technology Startups in Panic
President Donald Trump issued an executive order a week ago that put a 120-day halt on the US refugee program, barred Syrian refugees indefinitely and imposed a 90-day suspension on people from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
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Donald Trump Expected To Block Refugees, Restrict Muslim Visitors
President Donald Trump is reportedly poised on Thursday to suspend the US refugee program for four months and halt visas for travellers from seven Muslim countries.
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Donald Trump's Plan For Day 1: Scrap Barack Obama's Orders, Deport Illegals
Rolling back Obamacare and industry regulations. Deporting undocumented immigrants. Scrapping trade deals. And of course, building that border wall. It will be an extremely busy first day in the White House for Donald Trump if he lives up to his various campaign and transition pledges to undo the policies of Barack Obama's eight-year presidency.
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Barack Obama Administration Assures Governors on Refugee Vetting
The Obama administration is assuring governors that refugees who come to the United States in its resettlement program undergo a "rigorous security vetting process," particularly if they are fleeing from Syria.
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US House Passes Bill to Slow Syrian Refugees Despite Barack Obama Veto Threat
The US House of Representatives, defying a veto threat by President Barack Obama, overwhelmingly passed Republican-backed legislation on Thursday to suspend Obama's program to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next year and then intensify the process of screening them.
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Forget Refugees: How Terrorists Could Actually Get into the US
Almost all of the nation's Republican governors have said that they oppose placing Syrian refugees in their states, citing concerns that terrorists could pose as migrants fleeing the Syrian civil war. But experts say there are much easier ways for terrorists to enter the United States. The governors' focus on refugees, these experts suggest, reflec...
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US House Leader Calls for Pause in Syrian Refugee Program
US House Speaker Paul Ryan today called for a pause in a White House program to settle Syrian refugees in the United States, citing security fears in the wake of the Paris attacks.
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US Brings Down Refugee Limit To All-Time Low Of 18,000 For Next Year
The Trump administration said on Thursday it plans to allow only 18,000 refugees to resettle in the United States in the 2020 fiscal year, the lowest number in the history of the modern refugee program.
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US To Slash Refugee Resettlement Program By 40%
The Trump administration plans to drastically lower the ceiling of a decades-old refugee resettlement program to 18,000 people from its current level of 30,000, the State Department said Thursday.
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Donald Trump's Revised Travel Ban Blocks New Visas For 6 Muslim-Majority Nations
President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban Monday that administration officials said they hope will end legal challenges over the matter by imposing a 90-day ban on the issuance of new visas for citizens of six majority-Muslim nations.
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Revised Executive Order Bans Travelers From Six Muslim-Majority Countries From Getting New Visas
President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban Monday that administration officials said they hope will end legal challenges over the matter by imposing a 90-day ban on the issuance of new visas for citizens of six majority-Muslim nations.
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Trump Immigration Order Leaves US Technology Startups in Panic
President Donald Trump issued an executive order a week ago that put a 120-day halt on the US refugee program, barred Syrian refugees indefinitely and imposed a 90-day suspension on people from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
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Donald Trump Expected To Block Refugees, Restrict Muslim Visitors
President Donald Trump is reportedly poised on Thursday to suspend the US refugee program for four months and halt visas for travellers from seven Muslim countries.
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Donald Trump's Plan For Day 1: Scrap Barack Obama's Orders, Deport Illegals
Rolling back Obamacare and industry regulations. Deporting undocumented immigrants. Scrapping trade deals. And of course, building that border wall. It will be an extremely busy first day in the White House for Donald Trump if he lives up to his various campaign and transition pledges to undo the policies of Barack Obama's eight-year presidency.
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Barack Obama Administration Assures Governors on Refugee Vetting
The Obama administration is assuring governors that refugees who come to the United States in its resettlement program undergo a "rigorous security vetting process," particularly if they are fleeing from Syria.
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US House Passes Bill to Slow Syrian Refugees Despite Barack Obama Veto Threat
The US House of Representatives, defying a veto threat by President Barack Obama, overwhelmingly passed Republican-backed legislation on Thursday to suspend Obama's program to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next year and then intensify the process of screening them.
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Forget Refugees: How Terrorists Could Actually Get into the US
Almost all of the nation's Republican governors have said that they oppose placing Syrian refugees in their states, citing concerns that terrorists could pose as migrants fleeing the Syrian civil war. But experts say there are much easier ways for terrorists to enter the United States. The governors' focus on refugees, these experts suggest, reflec...
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US House Leader Calls for Pause in Syrian Refugee Program
US House Speaker Paul Ryan today called for a pause in a White House program to settle Syrian refugees in the United States, citing security fears in the wake of the Paris attacks.
