Guest Post by Joe Guzzardi
During a recent meeting with the Department of Homeland Security, the State Department and about 20 other representatives from agencies involved in immigration, Trump administration members floated the idea of zero refugees in 2020.
Advocates immediately pushed back against the proposal, but the White House insisted that ever-fewer admissions is consistent with national security, and also in line with the downward resettlement trend. In 2017, 53,716 refugees were admitted, and 22,491 in 2018, according to Refugee Processing Center data, with 21,260 refugees admitted through June 30 of this year.
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