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Biden set to raise refugee cap to 62,500 after blowback Marjorie Kamys Cotera/The Texas Tribune A group demonstrates in Austin in support of Texas accepting refugees in this file photo. WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration will raise the refugee ceiling to 62,500 people this fiscal year, the White House confirmed, after receiving swift criticism last month when President Joe Biden kept the lower Trump-era cap in place. “I am revising the United States’ annual refugee admissions cap ...

Biden raises refugee cap to 62,500 after blowback CNN 3 hrs ago By Priscilla Alvarez and Maegan Vazquez, CNN © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 28: U.S. President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol April 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. On the eve of his 100th day in office, Biden spoke about his plan to revive Americas economy and health as it continues to recover from a devastating pandemic. He delivered...

Biden raises refugee cap to 62,500 after blowback The Biden administration will raise the refugee ceiling to 62,500 people this fiscal year, the White House confirmed, after receiving swift criticism last month when President Joe Biden kept the lower Trump-era cap in place. “I am revising the United States’ annual refugee admissions cap to 62,500 for this fiscal year,” Biden said in a lengthy statement Monday. “This erases the historically low number set by the previous administration o...

Updated May 3, 2021 at 5:22 PM ET President Biden announced on Monday that his administration is raising the cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 for this fiscal year, far above the 15,000 limit set by the Trump administration, but below an earlier campaign promise. “It is important to take this action today to remove any lingering doubt in the minds of refugees around the world who have suffered so much, and who are anxiously waiting for their new lives to begin,” the president said in a st...

Andrew Harnik/AP toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP President Biden, here at the White House on April 15, announced Monday that his administration is lifting the ceiling on the number of refugees who can be admitted into the country this fiscal year. Andrew Harnik/AP President Biden announced on Monday that his administration is raising the cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 for this fiscal year, far above the 15,000 limit set by the Trump administration, b...

Born in a Nepali refugee camp, Bijaya Khadka came to Rochester in 2009 at the age of 17. Today, through his non-profit House of Refuge, he aims at helping other new Americans find the life in America he once dreamed of. Bijaya Khadka was 17 when he and his family left the refugee camp on the eastern edge of Nepal in 2009 to seek a better life in the United States. Khadka, who had known no other life outside the bamboo and plastic huts of the camp erected on the banks of the Timai Riv...

Biden to lift Trump-era refugee cap in May amid pushback from Democrats, advocates Courtney Subramanian and Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY President Joe Biden gives powerful tribute, pays respects to slain Capitol police officer Replay Video UP NEXT WASHINGTON – The White House said Friday President Joe Biden plans to increase the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the United States next month, hours after facing public outcry over a surprise decision to keep a Tr...

Biden says administration will raise refugee cap in first comments after Fridays back and forth CNN 1 hr ago By Kevin Liptak, Geneva Sands, Veronica Stracqualursi, Jason Hoffman and Arlette Saenz, CNN © Andrew Harnik/AP FILE - In this April 15, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden speaks about Russia in the East Room of the White House in Washington. In recent days, Biden has piled new sanctions on Russia, announced he would withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan in less...

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...

WASHINGTON – In an abrupt reversal, President Joe Biden signed an emergency determination on Friday that will limit the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the United States to 15,000 – keeping a Trump-era cap in a move critics called a "shameful" betrayal. In February, Biden promised to lift the refugee cap to 62,500. But he changed course with little explanation, announcing the news on Friday through a senior administration official who said the White House needed to rebuild...