American Military News by Ryan Morgan February 04, 2021
On Thursday, President Joe Biden vowed to raise the U.S. cap on refugees permitted into the country each year to 125,000, up from just 15,000 in President Donald Trump’s final year in office.
“Today, I’m approving an executive order to begin the hard work of restoring our refugee admissions program to help meet the unprecedented global need,†Biden said during an address to the U.S. State Department. “It’s going to take time to rebuild what has been so badly damaged.â€
Biden said the new refugee caps will come into effect on Oct. 1. He said, “This executive order will position us to be able to raise the refugee admissions back up to 125,000 persons, for the first full year of the Biden administration,†which starts on Oct. 1.
125,000 refugees is an increase even from the years before Trump took office. In fiscal year 2017, which began in President Barack Obama’s final months in office on Oct 1, 2016, the proposed U.S. refugee cap was set at 110,000. In fiscal year 2021, which began in March during Trump’s final months in office, the proposed refugee cap was set at 15,000, down from 2018 in the 2020 fiscal year.
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