Number of Refugees Drops to a New Low
From Times Wire Reports
The United States will admit about 25,000 refugees by the end of the current budget year, a low for a nation founded by people fleeing persecution. Experts blame terrorism fears and an obsolete asylum program that still lists “Soviets” as one of the top five nationalities that deserve U.S. protection.
The number of resettlements as of Sept. 16 -- the fiscal year concludes at the end of this month -- is half of the 50,000 admissions quota approved by President Bush for 2003. That ceiling itself was a new low.
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