U.S. will admit up to 45,000 refugees during fiscal 2018

WASHINGTON - 30 September 2017: The United States will admit a maximum of 45,000 refugees during the 2018 fiscal year, President Donald Trump said in a memorandum to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and released by the White House on Friday.

The cap, the lowest since at least 1980, was proposed by the administration in a report to Congress on Wednesday.