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continues admittance at this rate the Trump administration will not hit the refugee cap of 45,000 by the end of the fiscal year.

The cap itself is a significant decrease from the Obama era recent refugee cap, which was last set at 110,000.The U.

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refugee agency reported Tuesday that nearly 69 million people who have fled war, violence and persecution were forcibly displaced last year, a record for the fifth straight year.CBS News Battleground Tracker: Sharp divides over immigration, separation"The administration obviously made a large mistake," Corker said.

"I know that some in the White House want to use the immigration issue as a force to activate the base for elections, but obviously the president realized that was a mistake, and now it's up to us in Congress to work with them to come up with a longer-term solution."Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the issue of family separations speaks to the larger issue of Congress' inability to pass legislation to address the nation's existing immigration problems -- particularly in an election year.

"We keep trying to deal with micro issues, all of which are important, whether it's DACA or this issue," he said."I realize before the election that's very unlikely to occur, but we really need to deal with whole of the issue.

"A conservative immigration bill failed in the House on Thursday, and a vote on a compromise measure was delayed in an effort to wrangle enough votes for passage.