If you're a non-Christian refugee seeking entry to the U.S. in 2018... good luck.

Driving the news: The Trump administration has again cut the number of refugees allowed (from 45,000 to 30,000) and the overwhelming majority of the small group admitted this past year are Christians, Axios' Stef Kight reports.

The big picture: Islam is the predominant religion in nations such as Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia, which account for 39% of the 25 million refugees in the world, according to UN data. Most Christian refugees came from Iraq, Iran and Myanmar (formerly Burma), where many faced brutal persecution.

Between the lines: The Trump administration has vowed to protect persecuted Christians around the world.

• Vice President Mike Pence even pressured the U.S. Agency for International Development to specifically allocate millions of dollars for groups that help persecuted communities in Iraq.
• But Christian refugees have faced increased rejection due to President Trump's lowering of the refugee cap.
• The number of Christian refugees admitted to the U.S. dropped by more than 40% over the last year. One group of Iranian Christians who have been stranded in Austria have sued the administration as religious minorities.

The bottom line: The U.S. is on track to accept fewer than half its cap for the 2018 fiscal year.

• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo points to the skyrocketing number of asylum claims that the administration is also dealing with, which he said has created a backlog that deserves focus.

Park rangers try to release the crocodile named Gustave Junior, which was caught in a snare three weeks ago in Rusizi National Park in Burundi.

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Among Merriam-Webster's 840 additions to the dictionary this month:

• "Rando"
• "Guac"
• "Adorbs"
• "Force quit"
• "Hangry"
• "Fav"
• "TL;DR"
• "Instagramming"
• "Airplane mode"
• "Marg"

Can I get that in a sentence?