The Trump administration hasn’t briefed congressional committees on the number of refugees allowed in the US next fiscal year despite a rapidly approaching deadline and a legal mandate to do so.
Federal law requires the State and Homeland Security departments to hold a formal consultation with the House and Senate Judiciary committees before the president sets a ceiling for refugee resettlement.
Trump officials haven’t scheduled meetings with the committees this year — drawing ire from Democrats who say lawmakers are being cut out of the process. Consultations typically occur weeks ahead of the presidential determination, which is due before the ...
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