{"id":2514563,"date":"2025-11-25T18:20:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T23:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-to-begin-comprehensive-review-of-every-refugee-admitted-to-us-under-biden\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T18:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T23:24:13","slug":"trump-admin-to-begin-comprehensive-review-of-every-refugee-admitted-to-us-under-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-to-begin-comprehensive-review-of-every-refugee-admitted-to-us-under-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Admin to Begin &#8216;Comprehensive Review&#8217; of Every Refugee Admitted to US Under Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-admin-to-begin-comprehensive-review-of-every-refugee-admitted-to-us-under-biden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2514563&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the Trump administration&#8217;s initiative to review over 200,000 refugee cases approved during the Biden administration. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services plans this review to determine if these individuals truly qualified for refugee status, criticizing the Biden era&#8217;s prioritization of high refugee admission numbers over thorough vetting. Tricia McLaughlin of the department of Homeland Security labeled previous refugee policies as &#8220;reckless,&#8221; asserting that expediency compromised U.S. immigration integrity and public safety. Refugee advocacy groups have condemned the review, arguing that refugees undergo rigorous screening and warning that the move unfairly targets lawfully admitted individuals. The review focuses on legal refugee admissions, distinct from ICE enforcement actions targeting illegal immigrants. The Biden administration admitted approximately 233,000 refugees over four years, with concerns that the vetting process during this period was insufficient. The Trump administration has also reduced annual refugee admissions to 7,500, with a notable allocation for white South African applicants, sparking further debate over the administration&#8217;s refugee policies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump&rsquo;s efforts to clean up the Biden administration&rsquo;s porous policies for admission to the United States are moving beyond roundups of illegal aliens.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-francis-joins-the-cdc-and-the-who-in-pushing-covid-vaccinations\/\" title=\"Red Francis Joins the CDC and the WHO in Pushing COVID Vaccinations\">news reports<\/a>, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services plans to review the cases of more than 200,000 individuals who entered the country during former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s tenure to ensure that those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/incoming-leftist-coalition-government-in-germany-to-open-doors-to-mass-chain-migration\/\" title=\"Incoming Leftist Coalition Government in Germany to Open Doors to Mass Chain Migration\">granted refugee status<\/a> actually deserved refugee status.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a move Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, called necessary to deal with the &ldquo;reckless&rdquo; decisions of the Biden years.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For four straight years, the Biden administration accelerated refugee admissions from terror and gang-prone countries, prioritizing sheer numbers over rigorous vetting and strict adherence to legal requirements,&rdquo; McLaughlin said in a statement, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/trump-administration-refugee-status-biden-green-cards-rcna245917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative was first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-administration-orders-review-biden-era-refugees-memo-shows-2025-11-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>, citing a memo it had seen that was signed by Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joe Edlow.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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Myal Greene, president of World Relief, said in a statement, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5621617-trump-administration-biden-era-refugee-protections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Greene specifically complained that it comes when the Trump administration has limited the number of refugees the U.S. will accept to 7,500 per year, with a majority of those slots, according to NBC News, allocated to white citizens <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rubio-dismantles-dem-senators-claim-skin-color-reason-south-africans-given-asylum-others-not\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fleeing South Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is a moral and ethical betrayal of due process at a time when the Trump administration is attempting to lower the standard for refugee admissions to include Afrikaners and others who do not meet the legal standard of a &lsquo;well-founded fear of persecution&rsquo; that past refugees have been required to meet,&rdquo; she said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>The refugee review is different from Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions that have targeted illegal aliens in major U.S. cities such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/press-sues-police-allegedly-unfolded-los-angeles-anti-ice-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-chicago-mayor-declares-city-ice-free-zones-executive-order-barring-dhs-using-city-property\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago<\/a>, many of them among the millions who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/invasion-usa-biden-sets-new-border-record-illegal-aliens-encountered-august-equivalent-army\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crossed the southern border<\/a> illegally during the Biden years.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Citizenship and Immigration Services <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/humanitarian\/refugees-and-asylum\/refugees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>, those granted legal refugee status in the U.S. must have demonstrated they were &ldquo;persecuted or fear persecution due to race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But according to parts of the memo cited in news accounts, Edlow wrote that the Biden administration had not been diligent in reviewing potential refugees.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration accepted 233,000 &ldquo;refugees&rdquo; in its four years, according to Reuters. Just under half of those, about 100,000, were admitted in the 2024 fiscal year that ended just before the November election returned Trump to the White House, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p>In his memo, Edlow wrote that &ldquo;expediency&rdquo; and &ldquo;quantity&rdquo; had a priority over &ldquo;detailed screening and vetting,&rdquo; according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>In her own statement, McLaughlin wrote that the Biden administration&rsquo;s carelessness made the current reviews necessary.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This reckless approach undermined the integrity of our immigration system and jeopardized the safety and security of the American people,&rdquo; her statement said, according to NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Corrective action is now being taken to ensure those who are present in the United States deserve to be here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Reports indicate that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will reexamine over 200,000 cases of people admitted as refugees during Biden&#8217;s presidency to verify if they truly qualified for refugee status. Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, described this review as essential to correct what she called the &#8220;reckless&#8221; decisions made under Biden. She stated that the previous administration prioritized high refugee admission numbers from countries with terrorism and gang issues over thorough vetting and legal standards. This plan was first revealed by Reuters through a memo signed by USCIS Director Joe Edlow and has since been reported widely, sparking criticism from refugee advocacy groups who argue that refugees undergo rigorous screening already and view this move as an attempt to unjustly revoke lawful status from vetted individuals. The review differs from ICE actions targeting illegal immigrants in major cities during Biden&#8217;s term. According to USCIS guidelines, refugees must prove persecution or fear thereof based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or social group membership; however, Edlow noted in his memo that the prior administration prioritized speed and volume over detailed vetting. During Biden&#8217;s four years in office, about 233,000 refugees were admitted-nearly half in fiscal year 2024 alone-prompting current officials to take corrective steps aimed at ensuring only those deserving remain legally present in the U.S<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2514564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-11-25T174258.612.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32502,67692,3813,66195,3634],"class_list":["post-2514563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-biden-administration","tag-government-review","tag-immigration","tag-refugee-policy","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-11-25T174258.612.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2514563"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2514567,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514563\/revisions\/2514567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2514564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2514563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2514563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2514563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}