特朗普政府在披露计划将明年美国入境难民人数限制在18，000人之后，正面临广泛的反弹，这是该计划40年前首次启动以来的最低水平。
美国难民接纳计划的新上限比今年的上限下降了40%，这已经大大低于2016年奥巴马政府允许的近85，000名难民。
支持难民的国际救援委员会主席兼首席执行官戴维米利班德(David Miliband)谴责特朗普政府的决定，他表示，周四的声明标志着“美国非常悲伤的一天”
米利班德在与分享的一份声明中表示:“这一决定进一步损害了美国在保护全球最弱势人群方面的领导力。”新闻周刊。"它没有逻辑或需求基础，损害了美国的利益，玷污了她的价值观."
他说:“对于希望看到自己的孩子上学的难民母亲、希望工作和养家糊口的父母，以及那些不仅仅因为童年的不稳定和创伤而获得生活机会的孩子来说，这是一个无法形容的挫折。”。
米利班德称美国的难民安置计划是“前所未有的全球危机时期脆弱难民”的“基本生命线”，他说:“两党对该计划的历史性支持——为受迫害的人提供安全——表明了美国在行动中的价值观。”
他建议，现在特朗普政府正在国际舞台上质疑这些价值观，然后呼吁国会采取行动，通过立法，将招生“最低年度目标”设定在95，000人，这在过去已经达到。
米利班德说:“随着政府大幅削减招生人数并无视这一两党传统，国会有权采取行动，通过格雷斯法案(GRACE Act)来维护美国的遗产，该法案将把95，000人定为符合历史规范的最低年度目标。”。
《恩典法案》是由加州民主党众议员佐伊·洛格伦介绍去年4月9日。
尽管它很可能会在众议院获得通过，但不清楚它是否会得到参议院的批准，尽管难民接纳计划历来得到两党的支持。
只有最关键的案件才被移交和批准重新安置——难以形容的暴力幸存者、健康状况紧急的幸存者和与家人分离的幸存者等等。”
据该组织称，美国目前已经有3万人完成了国土安全部的重新安置面试，是特朗普政府计划明年允许进入美国人数的两倍多。与此同时，将近9000名完成面试的人“准备好旅行了”
救援委表示:“停止重新安置意味着我们社区的许多难民将没有个案工作专长，而这是他们融入社会成功的关键——削弱了难民实现和做出贡献的记录潜力。”。“难民是企业家的创造就业机会，给当地经济和难民带来活力填满了在美国一些最紧张的劳动力市场地区，关键的医疗保健和运输工作。"
在另一份声明中，国家移民论坛的执行主任阿里·努拉尼(Ali Noorani)表示，“如此低的上限将进一步破坏美国的难民重新安置计划，损害帮助难民融入社会的网络，损害我们国家在世界上的地位。”
“难民为我们的经济和社区做出了贡献，”努拉尼说。"我们不仅在损害自己的地位，也在损害自己。"
世界救济组织首席执行官蒂姆·布林也谴责特朗普政府的决定，并在致新闻周刊*“我们对允许进入美国的难民人数急剧减少将在世界各地造成的毁灭性连锁反应感到心碎。”
布林说:“如果美国继续有系统地关闭以上帝的形象为人类创造的欢迎和安全避难所的项目，我们担心其他国家会继续效仿我们，在全球需要保护的难民人数不断增加的时候做得更少。”。“这一削减难民安置计划的提议不仅剥夺了逃离宗教迫害、战争和种族灭绝的人们的安全和自由，还进一步削弱了我们展现基督般热情对待弱势群体的能力。”
'A VERY SAD DAY FOR AMERICA': TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CONDEMNED FOR SLASHING REFUGEE ADMISSIONS TO LOWEST LIMIT EVER
The Trump administration is facing widespread backlash after revealing plans to set the cap on the number of refugees to be admitted into the U.S. next year at 18,000, marking the lowest level since the program was first launched 40 years ago.
The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program's new cap represents a 40 percent drop from this year's limit, which was already significantly lower than the nearly 85,000 refugees that the U.S. allowed in under the Obama administration in 2016.
Railing against the Trump administration's decision, David Miliband, the president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, which works in support of refugees, said the Thursday announcement marked "a very sad day for America."
"This decision represents further damage to America's leadership on protecting the most vulnerable people around the world," Miliband said in a statement shared with Newsweek. "It has no basis in logic or need, damages America's interests, and tarnishes her values."
"It is an unspeakable setback for refugee mothers who wish to see their children in school, parents who wish to work and support their family, and children who deserve a chance at life that isn't solely defined by the instability and the trauma of their childhood," he said.
Calling the U.S.'s refugee resettlement program an "essential lifeline" to "vulnerable refugees at a time of unprecedented global crisis," Miliband said: "historic bipartisan support for this program—providing safety for persecuted people–has demonstrated U.S. values in action."
Now, the Trump administration is drawing those values into question on the international stage, he suggested, before calling on Congress to act by passing legislation seeking to set the "minimum annual goal" for admissions at 95,000, which it has reached in the past.
"With the administration slashing admissions and disregarding this bipartisan tradition, Congress has the power to act to uphold America's legacy by passing the GRACE Act which would set 95,000 as the minimum annual goal in line with historic norms," Miliband said.
The GRACE Act was introduced by Democratic California Rep. Zoe Lofgren on April 9 this past year.
While it is likely it would pass in the House, it is not clear whether it would be approved by Senate, despite the Refugee Admissions Program's historically bipartisan support.
"Only the most critical cases are referred and approved for resettlement-survivors of unspeakable violence, those with urgent health conditions and those separated from their families, among others."
According to the organization, the U.S. already currently has 30,000 people who have completed Department of Homeland Security interviews for resettlement, more than double the number that the Trump administration is planning to allow to enter the U.S. in the next year. Meanwhile, nearly 9,000 of those who have completed interviews are "ready for travel."
"A halt to resettlement means many refugees in our communities will be left without casework expertise that is key to success in their integration—undermining the documented potential of refugees to realize and contribute," the IRC said. "Refugees are entrepreneurial, creating jobs and adding vibrancy to local economies, and refugees have filled critical healthcare and transportation jobs in regions some of the nation's tightest labor markets."
In a separate statement, Ali Noorani, the executive director of the National Immigration Forum, said that "such a low cap will further undermine the U.S. refugee resettlement program, hurt the network that helps refugees integrate, and damage our nation's standing in the world."
"Refugees contribute to our economy and communities," Noorani said. "We are hurting not only our standing but also ourselves."
World Relief CEO Tim Breene also condemned the Trump administration's decision, asserting in a statement sent to Newsweek: "We are heartbroken by the devastating ripple effect this drastic reduction in the number of refugees allowed into the U.S. will cause around the world."
"If America continues to systematically shutter the program designed to welcome and offer safe haven to human beings made in the image of God, we fear that other countries will continue to follow our example, doing less at a time when the number of refugees in need of protection globally is increasing," Breene said. "This proposed cut to the refugee resettlement program not only denies safety and freedom to people fleeing religious persecution, war and genocide, but also further dismantles our ability to demonstrate Christ-like hospitality toward the vulnerable."
