America historically greeted refugees with kindness. This changed significantly with the new administration in 2017. The US Asylum backlog jumped to 340,000 -

America historically greeted refugees with kindness. This changed significantly with the new administration in 2017. The US Asylum backlog jumped to 340,000 - up 10x since 2014. Certainly some of that is due to heightened applications, but a lot is due to antiquated systems in USCIS and political changes. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/u-s-claims-reducing-refugee-numbers-helps-with-the-asylum-backlog-will-it https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/u-s-claims-reducing-re... I’d also note in the Syrian refugee crisis, that Canada punched high above its weight in resettlement, far beyond the numbers the USA accepted, for a country 10x smaller. With global warming and conflict on the rise, we are about to see over a billion people displaced over the next 50 years. In prior eras, the US would have led global efforts to manage this in a structured, humane way. But lately the US has preferred dismantling the global order and institutions it created after WW2.