“We love the people of Poland coming to the United States in any way, shape or form,” Trump said. In contrast, he has criticized immigration from poorer nations in Africa and Central America, calling them “shitholes.” In the last year, refugees admitted to the United States are overwhelmingly Christian, about 70 percent, to about 14 percent Muslim, according to State Department figures, even though about 40 percent of the more than 60 million displaced people worldwide are Muslim. Early in his administration, Trump sought to declare a ban on people arriving in the U.S. from several mostly Muslim countries. The ban, after numerous court stays, only survived after adjustments to assure courts that Muslims were not being targeted.
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The new cap would apply in the next fiscal year starting Oct. 1. Only about 21,000 refugees have been permitted in during the fiscal year now ending, fewer than half of those allowed under the current ceiling of 45,000, according to State Department data. Even in Europe, which has received the brunt of refugee flows from the Middle East that ultimately created significant political backlash, numerous countries have majorities that approve of receiving refugees, according to a report released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center. Spain, Germany, Sweden, Britain and other countries that have seen immigration spur a rightwing nationalist surge nevertheless have threequarters or more of their populations favoring refugee arrivals, the Pew study, conducted this summer, said.