Biden announces raising US refugee admissions cap to 125,000
21 Sep 2021; AA: US President Joe Biden is moving to significantly increase the number of refugees his country will resettle annually for the 2022 fiscal year, fulfilling a pledge he made on the campaign trail.
Biden informed Congress that he is raising the admissions target from its current level of 62,500 to 125,000 for the fiscal year that begins in October, the State Department said in a statement.