WASHINGTON – Both sides agree on one thing about President Joe Biden’s decision to raise this year’s cap on refugee admissions from a historic low of 15,000 to as many
Burlington received no refugees from 2016 to 2019.
During that same period, North Carolina received 33,302 refugees. Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh and Highpoint top the list of cities and towns with the most refugees resettled.
Majority of those resettled in North Carolina during that period are from Asia with Myanmar topping the list at 9,521. About 4000 Vietnamese have settled since then followed by Bhutan 3,563.
Of the 41 who were resettled in Burlington 29 are from Iran, six are from Iraq and three were from Liberia and Vietnam each.
President Biden has promised to raise the cap on refugee admissions in 2021 to 62,500 a figure far less than his campaign promise, 125,000.
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May 31, 2021
A family in a Lebanese refugee camp in a 2013 file photo. After years of cuts under the Trump administration, President Joe Biden said this month that he wants to raise the cap on refugee admissions, but few – including Biden – expect to come near the limit this year. (Photo by Dragan Tatic, Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Creative Commons)
WASHINGTON – Both sides agree on one thing about President Joe Biden’s decision to raise this year’s cap on refugee admissions from a historic low of 15,000 to as many as 62,500.
The U.S. is not going to come close to hitting that new ceiling.
President Joe Biden lifts limits, but not to promised levels
WASHINGTON, D.C.(KYMA, KECY) - Democrats who represent the Desert Southwest are praising President Joe Biden for raising the refugee cap to 62,500. That s more than four times the number allowed into the United States under the Trump administration.
President Biden made the announcement Monday, saying the previous 15,000 cap did not reflect America s values as a nation. Although, the president did admit his administration likely won t come close to the new cap in fiscal 2021. The Refugee Processing Center says only 2,000 asylum seekers have been let in over the past six-months. Pres. Biden says it will take time for the new administration to make up for the inaction of its predecessor.