Biden says he will raise refugee cap from 15,000 to 62,500, after widespread criticism for extending Trump-era levels Sean Sullivan
President Biden on Monday lifted the annual limit on the number of refugees who can be admitted into the United States through September to 62,500 but said admissions would fall short of that mark capping months of wavering and reversals from his administration and fierce blowback from human rights advocates and fellow Democrats.
In a written statement, Biden said he was raising the record-low cap of 15,000 set by the Trump administration, “which did not reflect America’s values as a nation that welcomes and supports refugees.”
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Rush Predicted How and Why Democrats Would Resist Reopening the Economy
May 4, 2021
KEN: I am your guide for today. I don’t know if you saw the big speech well, it really wasn’t a big speech. I think that when Joe Biden spoke yesterday, he was talking about massive spending plans, but that’s pretty much every speech he gives, is it not? The speeches are usually like, “Well, what do I do now?” or “Where am I?” or “We’re gonna spend a lot of your money!”
Yesterday’s part of it included free community college in the big, massive spending plans. You know, it all starts with the covid relief package, and then somehow it gets to way over the top. And this is from Center Square: “Biden promoted free community college for all Americans and DREAMers.” So now we got the DREAMers involved.