Biden to raise refugee admissions cap to 125,000 in the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1
Source: Washington Post
The Biden administration is raising the refugee admissions cap for the next fiscal year to 125,000, according to two people familiar with the plan, a reflection of the goal to which the president aspired during the 2020 campaign.
The move comes as the United States is accepting hundreds of refugees from Afghanistan after the end of U.S. military operations in the country. The administration also cited the expanded resettlement of Central Americans and Myanmar dissidents.
Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), the Senate majority whip, welcomed the news.
“I applaud the Biden administration for setting a target of 125,000 refugee admissions in the next fiscal year — a target my colleagues and I have been advocating for since April,” Durbin said in a statement. “And while I’m disappointed in the projected number of refugees to be admitted this fiscal year, I acknowledge the challenges the Biden administration inherited with the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program due to the anti-immigrant actions of the previous Administration.”
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