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Listen • 3:48 When President Biden announced this week that his administration would raise the cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 for this fiscal year, refugee advocates breathed a collective sigh of relief. The number is far above the historically low limit of 15,000 refugees set by the Trump administration. Biden s announcement was a stark turnaround after weeks of pushback from refugee advocates, outraged by a previous order keeping the 15,000 limit. Deborah Amos / NPR / Anur Abdella (center), a refugee from Sudan, with colleagues at the moving company where he works in Connecticut. A multifaith team of local volunteers has helped Abdella, his wife and children get settled into their new life in the U.S. ....