By: Teddy Grant The Biden administration increased the refugee admission cap to 62,500 for the current fiscal year on Monday, after facing blowback that it would keep the historical low set by the Trump administration. 'Today, I am revising the United States' annual refugee admissions cap to 62,500 for this fiscal year,' President Joe Biden said in a statement to CBS News. 'This erases the historically low number set by the previous administration of 15,000, which did not reflect America's values as a nation that welcomes and supports refugees. The new admissions cap will also reinforce efforts that are already […]
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