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Closing the Door to New Americans

The federal government slashed the annual cap of refugee intake to the United States by 94 percent last year.

Matt Welch | Coming: From the April 2026 issue


Uncle Sam with a palm raised up to signal 'Stop' | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson Source images: Wikimedia
(Illustration: Joanna Andreasson Source images: Wikimedia)

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Matt Welch is an editor at large at Reason.

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