Washington D.C., May 3, 2021 / 15:00 pm America/Denver (CNA).
President Joe Biden on Monday raised the refugee admissions cap for the current fiscal year, more than quadrupling the current limit.
In a White House statement on Monday afternoon, Biden said he was raising the limit on U.S. refugee admissions to 62,500 from 15,000, for the 2021 fiscal year. The raise comes as the White House was criticized for keeping the Trump-era refugee cap in place – which was at the lowest-recorded level for the U.S. refugee admissions program.
Biden admitted, however, that a goal of resettling 62,500 refugees by the end of September is unreachable.