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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 statem...

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...

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...

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...

Editorial: Rebuilding the refugee resettlement system after Trump poses a challenge for Biden The Times Editorial Board © Provided by The LA Times President Biden, shown signing executive orders in the Oval Office on Jan. 20, laid out his foreign policy views Thursday at the State Department. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) Until immigration hard-liners began running amok in the White House four years ago. the United States stood as the global leader in accepting refugees f...

Until immigration hard-liners began running amok in the White House four years ago, the United States stood as the global leader in accepting refugees for permanent resettlement — more than 3.4 million people since the end of the Vietnam War. Among President Biden’s many challenges, as he acknowledged in a speech at the State Department on Thursday, will be to not only regain that status but also to resurrect the collapsed system of nonprofit agencies that do the actual work of resettling t...

Yolo assemblywoman’s bill would reaffirm protections for refugees By Gerardo Zavala and Estefany Nunez Special to The Daily Democrat A new California bill pushes back against a 2019 executive order by President Donald Trump that limits refugee resettlement. The bill, co-authored by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, whose district includes Woodland, will prevent California cities from withholding consent to continue allowing refugees no matter their sex, age, sexual orientation or ethnicity...

Violence and also encourage other countries in the region. mexico, belize, costa rica, panama, to develop their own systems for asylum, for refugee processing. it was about from the u.s. conference of catholic bishops, you cant padlock a burning building without providing people with an alternative path to safety. >>chris: respectfully, that will solve the problem anytime soon. probably not for years if we put $750 million,which is what we did during the obamaadminist . they are pretty broken cr...