There’s no reason for a low cap on refugees

Posted October 1, 2018

September 26, 2018

On Sept. 17, the Trump administration set the 2019 refugee admissions ceiling at 30,000, the lowest number ever.

Refugees live through some of the most traumatic experiences one can imagine: being beaten for physical features, being threatened with imprisonment because of their faith, losing contact with family for a decade because war broke out in their city. These stories happen to Christian people, Muslim people and people of many other faiths.