The ban turned out to be just the beginning of a concerted campaign to limit immigration, those seeking asylum and scale back the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program. Each year since taking office, the administration has lowered the number of refugees allowed into the country. Again and again the president has denigrated and cast suspicion on those seeking safety in the U.S.
On June 26, 2018, Travel Ban 3.0 was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. The executive order restricts the entry into the United States for all nationals, including refugees, of mostly Muslim-majority countries–Syria, Iran, Yemen, Libya, Somalia–but also includes North Koreans and certain Venezuelan government officials.
There are still lawsuits pending which challenge the current refugee ban, and seen in the best light, the legal battles waged thus far have succeeded in forcing early versions of the ban to be rewritten, thus holding the doors open for at least some refugees. But the difficult truth is, over the past two years, very few refugees from the banned countries have been allowed into the U.S. In 2016, the U.S. resettled 12,587 Syrians; in 2018 just 60. In 2016, the U.S. resettled 9,020 Somalis; in 2018, only 250.
“Thousands have been hurt by the bans,” said Melanie Nezer, HIAS Senior Vice President of Public Affairs. “The reality is thousands of refugees who otherwise would have had a chance at a future in the U.S. do not have that chance to find safety here.”
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