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President Donald Trump’s cap of 50,000 refugees allowed into the U.S. for 2017 is likely to be hit within the next week or so, Department of State spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters Tuesday.
Trump capped the number at 50,000 in a March executive order attempting to ban travel from six terror-rife countries to the U.S. Trump’s cap marked a significant decline from former President Barack Obama’s intended target of 110,000 refugees for fiscal year 2017.
“We are somewhere near 49,000,” Nauert said Tuesday. Nauert clarified that refugees who hold a “bona fide relationship to the U.S.” will be unaffected by the administration’s 50,000 cap. --->Read the rest of the story HERE.
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