"With Donald Trump back in power and the launch of the most aggressive and restrictive immigration policy in modern history, the hope of embracing his family again in the near future is less a dream than a delusion that collapses as soon as reality hits. On October 1, the U.S. government is set to publish the maximum number of refugees the country will admit during the next fiscal year, which runs from October to September. It is expected that the number will be small."
"The last year of Trump's first term saw the lowest number in history, at 11,000. And although Joe Biden closed his presidency with the highest number ever 125,000 that figure has not even come close to being reached: on his first day back in the White House, Trump indefinitely froze refugee admissions. Within the U.S. immigration system, refugee resettlement is a relatively small component, but its dismantling is one of the clearest indicators of the nature of the current administration's policies."
Rostam has waited 11 years to see his parents, brother, and sister and lives in California with refugee status for religious persecution while feeling incomplete. His family in Iran faces restricted lives as Zoroastrian practitioners who are unwelcome within a fundamentalist Islamic republic and fear reprisals. Constant worry and sleep problems affect personal progress and well‑being. The return of Donald Trump and aggressive, restrictive immigration policies have made family reunification increasingly unlikely. The U.S. refugee admissions cap for the next fiscal year will be announced on October 1 and is expected to be small. The reduction of refugee resettlement signals an administration view of refuge as part of general migration and a mechanism to bypass immigration controls.
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