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Blinken Defends Biden’s Decision to Maintain Trump-Era Refugee Caps Until May Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, in an interview with ABC on Sunday, defended the Biden administration’s decision to maintain Trump-era refugee caps amid capacity constraints. “It’s going to be very hard to meet the 62,000 this fiscal year,” Blinken said of the Biden administration’s earlier goal for refugee admissions, after being asked about Friday’s directive to keep the Trump administration’s ...

Print this article r Democrats and liberal organizations lambasted President Joe Biden after the White House said he would not immediately raise the number of refugees admitted this year from the historic low set by the Trump administration. Leading liberal lawmakers said Bidens decision Friday to keep refugee admissions below 15,000 in 2021 was a victory for the Trump administration, whose policies deterred immigration, even those who do so legally. Just 2,000 refugees have been resettled in...

Biden keeps U.S. refugee cap at 15,000 rather than raise it -official By Steve Holland and Mica Rosenberg Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden signed an order on Friday to keep the U.S. refugee cap at a historically low 15,000, a senior administration official said, opting against a plan he had been considering to raise it to 62,500. The decision was a blow to refugee advocates who had wanted Biden to move swiftly to reverse the policies of his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump,...

Joe Biden Keeps Donald Trumps Cap on Number of Refugees Who Can Enter U.S. Newsweek 2 hrs ago Nicole Fallert © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Amid a high-pressure immigration situation at the countrys southwest border, President Joe Biden has not raised the Trump-era cap on the number of refugees permitted to enter the U.S. Biden announces new economic sanctions against the Russia government from the East Room of the White House on April 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. Amid mou...

Biden Keeps Trump Refugee Cap U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Russia in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner Reuters • April 16, 2021 2:00 pm SHARE By Steve Holland and Mica Rosenberg WASHINGTON (Reuters)—President Joe Biden signed an order on Friday to keep the U.S. refugee cap at a historically low 15,000, a senior administration official said, opting against a plan he had been considering to raise it to 62,500. The d...

By Syndicated Content By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden signed an order on Friday to keep the U.S. refugee cap at a historically low 15,000, a senior administration official said, opting against a plan he had been considering to raise it to 62,500. The 15,000 cap had been set by his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, as part of his anti-immigrant agenda. Biden two months ago had considered raising the cap to 62,500 and earlier on Friday a group of Democr...

White House reversed and said Biden would raise the refugee cap by May 15 Allies and progressives blasted the president for keeping it at the historically low rate of 15,000 set by Donald Trump   We expect the President to set a final, increased refugee cap for the remainder of this fiscal year by May 15, press secretary Jen Psaki said  Biden opted against a plan he had been considering to raise it to 62,500  In February he said he would raise the cap and had been facing questions on when t...

Biden resists raising refugee cap over political optics, sources say April 15, 2021 7:45 AM CNN US President Joe Biden speaks to staff of the US State Department during his first visit in Washington, DC, February 4, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) (CNN) — President Joe Biden has resisted signing off on raising the Trump-era refugee cap because of political optics, sources have told CNN. The President’s hesitation comes as t...

Location: Nairobi, Kenya CWS RSC Africa The Resettlement Support Center (CWS RSC Africa) operates a US refugee resettlement program in sub-Saharan Africa through a Cooperative Agreement with the Department of State/ Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration. CWS RSC Africa is responsible for the preparation of refugee case files for adjudication by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers, as well as the out-processing and cultural orientation of all approved cases. CWS RSC A...

Location: Pretoria, South Africa CWS RSC Africa The Resettlement Support Centre (CWS RSC Africa) operates a US refugee resettlement program in sub-Saharan Africa through a Cooperative Agreement with the Department of State/ Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration. CWS RSC Africa is responsible for the preparation of refugee case files for adjudication by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers, as well as the out-processing and cultural orientation of all approved cases. C...