Biden Maintains Current 125,000 Cap on US Refugee Admissions
President Joe Biden on Sept. 27 announced that he will keep in place the current cap on refugee admissions at 125,000 for the fiscal year 2023, allowing hundreds of thousands of people fleeing persecution to seek refuge in the United States.
In a Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions published by the White House, Biden said the cap on refugees will remain the same as it was in the past year, after he doubled the cap on refugee admissions in September 2021 for the year ahead, up from 62,500.
The 125,000 target “is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest,” Biden wrote on Tuesday….