United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

President Joe Biden delivers a foreign policy address during a visit to the State Department in Washington Feb. 4. Biden said he plans to sign an executive order to begin the process of raising the refugee admissions cap up to 125,000. The number was dras

Keeping promise made at Jesuit event, Biden raises refugee cap to 125,000

In November, President-elect Joe Biden said that he would be heading in a dramatically different direction than the Trump administration on refugee admissions. On Feb. 4, Biden delivered.

Keeping promise made at Jesuit event, Biden raises refugee cap to 125,000

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