Arizona PBS
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.