Posted by on December 22, 2019 3:30 am
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The state was founded by refugees fleeing religious persecution – now support for refugees is widespread throughout the state

Amid many blows to the US refugee system, Donald Trump issued an executive order in September that said state and local governments must give written consent in order to receive refugees.

Refugee advocates say the order has put another hurdle on a system that has been crumbling under the Trump administration. In September, alongside the executive order, Trump set the cap for refugees entering the United States annually at 18,000 – a devastating cut to a system that has had an average admission ceiling of 95,000 since 1980.

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