{"id":468853,"date":"2021-05-03T22:35:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T02:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=468853"},"modified":"2021-05-03T22:35:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T02:35:52","slug":"biden-raises-refugee-cap-after-backlash-from-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-raises-refugee-cap-after-backlash-from-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Raises Refugee Cap After Backlash From Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fbiden-raises-refugee-cap-after-backlash-from-democrats%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=468853&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\/05\/0AAAE01D-F6F7-4D7F-B6C1-00926ED268C7_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">President Joe Biden announced Monday that he would be raising the refugee admissions cap for the current fiscal year to 62,500 from the previous administration\u2019s 15,000 refugee cap.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/05\/03\/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-refugee-admissions\/\"><span class=\"s1\">statement<\/span><\/a>, Biden said that the new cap \u201cwill also reinforce efforts that are already underway to expand the United States\u2019 capacity to admit refugees, so that we can reach the goal of 125,000 refugee admissions that I intend to set for the coming fiscal year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt is important to take this action today to remove any lingering doubt in the minds of refugees around the world who have suffered so much, and who are anxiously waiting for their new lives to begin,\u201d the statement continued.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/refugee-admissions\/#:~:text=U.S.%20Refugee%20Admissions%20Program,social%20group,%20or%20political%20opinion.\"><span class=\"s1\">states<\/span><\/a> that under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), \u201ca refugee is an alien who, generally, has experienced past persecution or has a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Biden said that the United States Refugee Admissions Program \u201cembodies America\u2019s commitment to protect the most vulnerable, and to stand as a beacon of liberty and refuge to the world.\u201d He added that it is \u201ca statement about who we are, and who we want to be. So we are going to rebuild what has been broken and push hard to complete the rigorous screening process for those refugees already in the pipeline for admission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In his statement, Biden added that the \u201csad truth\u201d is that the United States will not reach his cap of 62,500 admissions this year.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Biden added that in the budget that he has sent to Congress, his goal of 125,000 refugee admissions in the first fiscal year of his presidency is also reflected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThat goal will still be hard to hit. We might not make it the first year,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we are going to use every tool available to help these fully-vetted refugees fleeing horrific conditions in their home countries.\u00a0This will reassert American leadership and American values when it comes to refugee admissions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Biden previously faced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/04\/16\/988004786\/lawmakers-call-on-biden-to-formally-raise-refugee-cap-after-delays\"><span class=\"s1\">backlash<\/span><\/a> for seeming to retreat on his campaign promise of increasing the cap on refugee admissions when the White House announced in April that it would keep the number at 15,000 refugees. After receiving criticism from Democrats, the administration changed its statement.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the previous statement was made because Biden \u201cwas urged to take immediate action to reverse the Trump policy that banned refugees from many key regions, to enable flights from those regions within days; today\u2019s order does that,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/04\/16\/988004786\/lawmakers-call-on-biden-to-formally-raise-refugee-cap-after-delays\"><span class=\"s1\">NPR<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.npr.org\/documents\/document.html?id=20617266-omar_jayapal_schakowsky_refugee-pd-let&#038;beta=false\"><span class=\"s2\">letter<\/span><\/a> to Biden at the time, saying, \u201dHaving fought for four years against the Trump Administration\u2019s full-scale assault on refugee resettlement in the United States, we were relieved to see you commit to increasing our refugee resettlement numbers so early in your Administration. But until the Emergency Presidential Determination is finalized, our refugee policy remains unacceptably draconian and discriminatory.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe must keep our promises to people who have fled unthinkably brutal conditions in their home countries and live up to our ambition to provide them a safe haven to re-start their lives,\u201d the letter added.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>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<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden announced Monday that he would be raising the refugee admissions cap for the current fiscal year to 62,500 from the previous administration\u2019s 15,000 refugee cap.\u00a0In a statement, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277254,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0AAAE01D-F6F7-4D7F-B6C1-00926ED268C7_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Raises Refugee Cap After Backlash From Democrats","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-468853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0AAAE01D-F6F7-4D7F-B6C1-00926ED268C7_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Raises Refugee Cap After Backlash From Democrats","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468853","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=468853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}