The United States saw stark declines in refugee arrivals in the post-9/11 era and during the Trump presidency

Annual refugee ceilings and total number admitted, fiscal years 1980-2021

Source: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, "Refugee Admissions Report: Summary of Refugee Admissions as of 30-September-2020" (Washington: U.S. Department of State, 2020), available at https://www.wrapsnet.org/documents/PRM%20Refugee%20Admissions%20Report%20FY2020_09_30.xlsx. For the FY 2020 annual refugee ceiling, see Executive Office of the President, "Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2020," November 1, 2019, available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-determination-refugee-admissions-fiscal-year-2020/. For the FY 2021 proposed annual refugee ceiling, see U.S. Department of State, “Transmission of the President’s Report to Congress on the Proposed Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2021,” Press release, September 30, 2020, available at https://www.state.gov/transmission-of-the-presidents-report-to-congress-on-the-proposed-refugee-admissions-for-fiscal-year-2021/.