Before the start of the new fiscal year on October 1, President Donald Trump was legally bound to decide how many of the world’s 26 million refugees will be offered one of the prized and rare places in America’s refugee resettlement program. For refugees admitted, the program is their chance to begin their lives anew. And for America it is an opportunity to live out its commitment to be a beacon to the world’s most vulnerable and persecuted.
Before the start of the new fiscal year on October 1, President Donald Trump was legally bound to decide how many of the world’s 26 million refugees will be offered one of the prized and rare places in America’s refugee resettlement program. For refugees admitted, the program is their chance to begin their lives anew. And for America it is an opportunity to live out its commitment to be a beacon to the world’s most vulnerable and persecuted.
