The world is experiencing the greatest refugee crisis on record. According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, about 30 million people have fed their home country because of persecution or violence and have good reasons to fear for their lives if they were to return. In the face of this unprecedented situation, the United States has responded in perverse fashion. It has reduced the number of refugees it will admit to the lowest level in 40 years.
The Trump administration announced in September that it will cap the number of refugees entering the country in 2020 at 18,000, down…
