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Biden keeps U.S. refugee cap at Trump-era 15,000 - for now

Americas · April 16, 2021 · 11:46 PM UTC

President Joe Biden signed an order on Friday limiting U.S. refugee admissions this year to the historically low 15,000 cap set under his predecessor Donald Trump, shelving a plan to raise it to 62,500 and drawing the ire of refugee advocates and some Democratic lawmakers.

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