NEW: Trump administration says it plans to cap the number of refugees allowed in the U.S. next year at 18,000, the lowest number ever in the program’s 40-year history.
The Trump administration announced Thursday it planned to cap the number of refugees allowed in the U.S. next year at 18,000, the lowest number in decades.
David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee, called it an"unspeakable setback" for families seeking to provide basic security and education for their children. Administration officials said the drastic reduction was necessary so that the U.S. could focus on border operations and reducing a massive backlog of legal cases of people seeking asylum in the U.S.
According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, the world is facing a record number of people -- nearly 71 million -- who have been forced to leave their homes. Among them, nearly 26 million are designated refugees and more than half of the refugees are under age 18.
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