Biden Administration Follows Through On Promise To Bring in Refugees

The Biden administration will be fulfilling their campaign promise of bringing in more refugees and said the U.S. would take in 125,000 refugees and their families next year. When Donald Trump was president, he capped the number of refugees at 15,000, the lowest since the 1980 Refugee Act took effect. President Joe Biden has faced criticism when he was slow to raise it upon taking office, eventually setting at 62,500 under pressure. Now the U.S will be taking in 125,000 refugees.

Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill stated: “I applaud the Biden Administration for setting a target of 125,000 refugee admissions in the next fiscal year—a target my colleagues and I have been advocating for since April. And while I’m disappointed in the projected number of refugees to be admitted this fiscal year, I acknowledge the challenges the Biden Administration inherited with the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program due to the anti-immigrant actions of the previous Administration.”

Source: NPR