{"id":431291,"date":"2021-04-16T17:36:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T21:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=431291"},"modified":"2021-04-16T17:36:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T21:36:17","slug":"completely-and-utterly-unacceptable-aoc-slams-biden-for-breaking-campaign-promise-keeping-trump-era-refugee-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/completely-and-utterly-unacceptable-aoc-slams-biden-for-breaking-campaign-promise-keeping-trump-era-refugee-cap\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Completely And Utterly Unacceptable\u2019: AOC Slams Biden For Breaking Campaign Promise, Keeping Trump-Era Refugee Cap"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fcompletely-and-utterly-unacceptable-aoc-slams-biden-for-breaking-campaign-promise-keeping-trump-era-refugee-cap%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=431291&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2509.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>On Friday, President Joe Biden decided not to raise former President\u2019s Trump\u2019s \u201chistorically low cap\u201d of 15,000 refugees for this year. Biden\u2019s announcement reverses his stance on the issue, having recently promised to raise the cap to 125,000 refugees for the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Instead, Biden removed the restrictions put in place by the Trump administration on which \u201ctypes\u201d of refugees qualify under the cap of 15,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/04\/16\/memorandum-for-the-secretary-of-state-on-the-emergency-presidential-determination-on-refugee-admissions-for-fiscal-year-2021\/\"><span>Memorandum for the Secretary of State on the Emergency Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2021<\/span><\/a><span>,\u201d the order reads, \u201cThe admission of up to 15,000 refugees remains justified by humanitarian concerns and is otherwise in the national interest.&nbsp; Should 15,000 admissions under the revised allocations for FY 2021 be reached prior to the end of the fiscal year and the emergency refugee situation persists, a subsequent Presidential Determination may be issued to increase admissions, as appropriate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In early February, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/biden-refugees-trump-increase-policy-b1797856.html\"><span>Independent<\/span><\/a><span> reported that \u201cPresident Joe Biden said during a speech at the State Department on Thursday he would bolster US refugee admissions after four years of deep cuts, seeking to raise the annual admissions cap to 125,000 people. That\u2019s a more than 700 per cent increase from the Trump administration\u2019s previous targets for the year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-to-keep-refugee-limit-at-record-low-but-scrap-restrictions-set-by-trump-11618591787\"><span>Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/a><span>, the Biden administration hasn\u2019t ruled out \u201crevisiting\u201d this issue if the 15,000 cap is reached.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The focus of Biden\u2019s policy now rests on the definition of refugee status. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-donald-trump-middle-east-africa-central-america-e692d180232fdd3cc2125bdb9cc1278f\"><span>Associated Press<\/span><\/a><span> reported, \u201cA senior administration official said Biden\u2019s new allocations could result in speedier admissions of already screened and vetted refugees in a manner of days. The new allocations provide more slots for refugees from Africa, the Middle East and Central America and lift Trump\u2019s restrictions on resettlements from Somalia, Syria and Yemen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Associated Press added that \u201cRefugee resettlement agencies were disheartened Biden did not touch Trump\u2019s cap, the lowest since the program began 41 years ago.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt sends an important message to make it higher and now Biden will still be presiding over and has essentially put his stamp of approval on the lowest refugee admissions cap in history at a time of global crisis,\u201d said Mark Hetfield, president of HIAS, a Maryland-based Jewish nonprofit that is one of nine agencies that resettles refugees in the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Responding to Biden\u2019s decision, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez described the policy as \u201ccompletely and utterly unacceptable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBiden promised to welcome immigrants, and people voted for him based on that promise,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez continued. \u201cUpholding the xenophobic and racist policies of the Trump admin, incl the historically low + plummeted refugee cap, is flat out wrong.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cKeep your promise,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"15.192528735632\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Completely and utterly unacceptable. Biden promised to welcome immigrants, and people voted for him based on that promise.<\/p>\n<p>Upholding the xenophobic and racist policies of the Trump admin, incl the historically low + plummeted refugee cap, is flat out wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Keep your promise. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A82xYf1XpR\">https:\/\/t.co\/A82xYf1XpR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1383120325454467072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Rep. Ilhan Omar also condemned the policy, saying \u201c<\/span><span>There are simply no excuses for today\u2019s disgraceful decision.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt goes directly against our values and risks the lives of little boys and girls huddled in refugee camps around the world,\u201d Omar continued, adding, \u201cI know, because I was one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.225296442688\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There are simply no excuses for today\u2019s disgraceful decision.<\/p>\n<p>It goes directly against our values and risks the lives of little boys and girls huddled in refugee camps around the world. <\/p>\n<p>I know, because I was one.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1383124395015684098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, President Joe Biden decided not to raise former President\u2019s Trump\u2019s \u201chistorically low cap\u201d of 15,000 refugees for this year. 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