The State Department announced Wednesday that the United States has surpassed its cap of 50,000 refugee admissions for the fiscal year.
In fact, between the start of the budget year in October and Wednesday, 50,086 refugees have been allowed into the country, the Washington Examiner reported.
The number of refugees allowed into the U.S. is set each year by the president. Originally, former President Barack Obama increased the number from 85,000 in 2016 to 110,000 this year. However, when President Donald Trump took the reins, he slashed the total number of refugee admissions to 50,000 as part of his executive order blocking travel from six Muslim-majority countries for 90 days and suspending the refugee resettlement program for 120 days.
A Supreme Court order late last month allowed the White House to partially implement Trump’s embattled travel ban, meaning the 50,000-refugee cap could be implemented. That order, though, also stipulated that those who can prove a “bona fide relationship” with a person or entity in the U.S. must be allowed into the country.
The administration will continue to accept people beyond its 50,000-refugee cap because of the high court’s order.
The White House has defined a “bona fide relationship” to mean those with close family members only: Parents, siblings, children, sons- and daughters-in-law, spouses, and engaged partners, according to The Washington Post.
The rule excludes grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and brothers- and sisters-in-law.
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