text: Actually, the US took in 85,000 refugees in 2016 and will lower it to 50,000 this year.  As was promised by Trump.
  
  "Canada's refugee target for 2017 is 25,000, broadly broken into three groups: 16,000 privately sponsored refugees, 7,500 government-assisted refugees, and 1,500 in a blended program that combines the two."