President Donald Trump's name doesn't appear on the agenda for the 34th annual Frank Church Conference, titled "America's Future: Refugees, Migration and National Security," but discussion of Trump's restrictions on refugees and immigrants took center stage Monday at the filled-to-capacity Simplot Ballroom at the Boise State University Student Union.
"The new so-called 'presidential determination' from the Trump administration puts a ceiling on no more than 45,000 refugees into the U.S. during the next fiscal year," said Jennifer Sime, Senior Vice President for the International Rescue Committee. "Compare that to 1980 when the U.S. welcomed 207,000 refugees. And since 1980, the average number of refugees into the U.S. has been 95,000."
Mohammed Abubakr, president of the African Middle Eastern Leadership Project, shook his head and deconstructed the new Trump edict into simple terms. ...
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