Updated: 6:28 PM EDT May 4, 2021 Terry Stackhouse Following a surprise announcement from President Joe Biden Monday, refugee resettlement workers in Maine are developing plans to help as many people as possible before the close of this fiscal year in September. President Bided faced sharp criticism last month when he announced his administration would maintain the cap of 15,000 annual admissions for refugees, a historically low number instituted by former President Trump. Biden raised the annual cap for this year to 62,500 on Monday and pledged to raise the cap next fiscal year to 125,000. “People in the refugee camps are there for a lifetime, some of them,” said Safiya Khalid. The Lewiston City Councilor considers herself lucky. As a child, Khalid spent three years in a refugee camp in Kenya before resettlement in the U.S. She’s pleased with President Biden’s decision to quadruple the refugee cap. She’s one of the many who pushed back on Biden’s