The U.S. won't resettle a single refugee in October

Refugee camp.
(Image credit: Hussein Malla/AP)

The U.S. just got a taste of what life would be like under a total refugee ban.

In what's almost like a test run of what President Trump's administration has already teased, the U.S. hasn't settled a single refugee so far in the month of October. And with a moratorium on resettlement now extended into November, there's a very slim chance any refugees will make it to the country at all this month, CNN reports.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.