The U.S. has decided to curtail the number of refugees it would accept next year to 45,000, half of the cap in 2016, as the humanitarian groups decried the move terming it as cruel.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will brief the Congress on this, a U.S. government official told reporters during a conference call on Wednesday.
A presidential determination is expected to be issued in the coming days.
The regional breakdown will be: Africa, 19,000; East Asia, 5,000; Europe and Central Asia, 2,000; Latin America and the Caribbean, 1,500; Near East South Asia, 17,000.
“The security and safety of the American people is our chief concern,” a government official explained.
Since 1975, the United States has welcomed more than 3 million refugees from all over the world
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