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Joe Biden issued a statement Monday that he is reversing his decision to retain the Trump administration’s cap on refugees. Just last month, Biden announced he would keep Trump’s cap in place. The cap on the number of refugees will be raised from 15,000 to 62,500.
Why now? Biden is in a tight spot with both progressives and conservatives over the crisis on the southern border. The humanitarian and public health crisis is of his own making because he has moved quickly to reverse most of the Trump administration’s border policies that were working. Biden just wants to show that he is not Donald Trump and it doesn’t matter to him that he is sacrificing border security and the sovereignty of the United States to do so.
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Biden reverses course, raises U.S. refugee cap to 62.5K for 2021
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In a reversal Monday, President Joe Biden announced his administration will raise the refugee admissions cap to 62,500 for the fiscal year 2021 and 125,000 in 2022. Pool photo by Melina Mara/UPI | License Photo
U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden arrive to the White House Ellipse on Marine One after a visit to Virginia. Photo by Erin Scott/UPI | License Photo
Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, previously announced President Joe Biden would walk back plans to keep the 15,000 refugee cap in place. Photo by Stefani Reynolds/UPI | License Photo
Some GOP governors refuse to house migrant children
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FORT WORTH, Texas – The federal foster care system was unprepared to house the record nearly 19,000 unaccompanied children who came to the United States in March, so the Biden administration asked some states to temporarily house them.
GOP governors in Iowa, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota and Wyoming said no. The governors claim that unaccompanied children would displace those already in state foster care or limit states ability to make new placements. Nebraska is declining their request because we are reserving our resources for serving our kids, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts said in an April 13 news release. I do not want our kids harmed as the result of President Biden s bad policies.
Young Migrants Cross US-Mexico Border Alone
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After a 3,000-kilometer trip, 16-year-old Jose Luis Boyeduana arrived in the United States.
At the end of 2020, he decided to travel from his home in Ecuador to reunite with his parents living in the U.S. It had been 13 years since he had seen them. Boyeduana had been living with his grandparents in Ecuador since he was three years old.
“Happiness can only be found with your parents,” he said.
Boyeduana crossed in January through Miguel Aleman, an area in Mexico near the US-Mexico border. He said he was held for two months at a federal immigrant holding center in Roma, Texas.