President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he intends to significantly increase the cap on refugee immigration to the United States, which has fallen to a historic level under Donald Trump.
Under a campaign promise, Biden said he would set the cap at 125,000 on admissions as part of the country’s refugee resettlement program, against the current 15,000.
‘We offered safe havens to those fleeing violence or persecution in previous years, when‘ America’s moral leadership on refugee affairs ’prompted other countries to open their doors as well, Biden said.
‘So today I am approving a regulatory order to begin the hard work to modernize our refugee entry program to help meet the unprecedented global need,’ he said.
It’s going to take time to rebuild what was badly damaged, but that’s exactly what we’re going to do. ‘
President Joe Biden has announced that he is increasing the cap on refugee immigration to the United States to 125,000 per year, far higher than the cap previously imposed by his former President , former President Donald Trump
Syrian refugees fleeing a Turkish invasion in northern Syria are waiting to receive a soup of water, bread and lentils in October 2019. In 2020, just 6,740 refugees have fled to U.S. shores, which according to resettlement data by the United Nations refugee group
President Donald Trump has drastically reduced the number of refugees admitted to the U.S. in his four years in office as part of his tough approach to immigration
The United States has a long history of welcoming refugees and is one of the largest resettlement countries in the world.
But after nearly 79,000 refugees went to U.S. shores in 2016, numbers fell, with just 6,740 arriving in 2020, according to resettlement data by the United Nations refugee agency.
The ruling will ‘increase refugee admissions back to 125,000 people for the first full fiscal year of the Biden / Harris administration,’ which begins October 1, the president said.
Biden’s announcement won a quick recommendation from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, who said he would send a strong message to other countries to follow suit.
Today’s action by President Biden will save lives. It’s that simple, ’Grandi said in a statement, adding that the expansion shows that‘ strength is rooted in compassion. ‘
He said that despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 2.2 million people worldwide, ‘we are reminding countries of the conditions in which life-threatening refugees and motivating them to continue expanding their resettlement programs. ‘
Biden said he directed the State Department, where he delivered his foreign policy speech as president on Thursday, to consult with Congress on making an ‘advance payment’ for the lift the refugee cap as soon as possible.
The UN estimates that there are 25.9 million refugees worldwide, most of them held in developing countries.
Biden’s news came when he took the podium at the state department, his first foray from a cabinet group.
There, Biden said that Russia must immediately release Alexei Navalny ‘because he said that the United States will no longer overthrow President Vladimir Putin as’ my ancestor.’
The sad and anti-Trump speech came Thursday when Biden made his first visit to a cabinet group, the State Department, led by his longtime aide, Secretary of State Tony Blinken, and demanded our credit. and regaining moral authority. ‘
‘A lot of it was lost,’ Biden said.
There, Biden also said he would ‘directly advance’ the challenges of the ‘worst competitor’ of the US, China.
‘We oppose China’s economic abuse, its aggressive emergency action [and] pushing back China ‘s attack on human rights, intellectual property and global governance,’ Biden said.
‘But we are ready to work with Beijing when it is in America’ s interest to do so, ‘the new president said.
Biden made the same point about Russia, explaining why it agreed to extend the START contract for five years.
‘To safeguard the only remaining treaty between our countries for the protection of nuclear stability,’ Biden said.
‘At the same time, I made it clear to President Putin, in a very different way from my predecessor, that the days of the United States would go against Russia’s aggressive actions. blocking our elections, cyber attacks, poisoning its citizens, they are over, ‘the president said.
Biden spoke to Putin six days into his presidency and said he would not delay ‘raising the cost to Russia’ if needed.
Biden called Navalny imprisonment ‘politically motivated. ‘
‘And Russia’ s efforts to maintain freedom of expression and peaceful assembly are a matter of great concern to us and to the international community, ‘Biden said.
‘Mr. Navalny, like all Russian citizens, is entitled to his rights under the Russian constitution, ‘the president continued. It is targeted for exposing corruption. It should be released immediately and unconditionally. ‘
Navalny, Russia’s opposition leader, was poisoned in August and then arrested last month for breaking a parole that came from a charge in 2014, which barred him from running for role.
At the State Department, Biden also arrested the Myanmar coup.
‘There should be no doubt that a democratic force should never try to overcome the will of the people or try to erase the result of a reliable election,’ said Biden. ‘The Burmese army should relinquish the power they have seized, release the advocates and activists and the officials they have held, the restrictions on telecommunications pick up and stop from violence. ‘
Through his remarks, Biden admitted that he believed the U.S. reputation had been tarnished by President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ posting – and by the January 6 uprising on Capitol Hill.
“While many of these values have come under a lot of pressure in the last few years, even tightened in the last few weeks,” Biden said. ‘The American people are going to emerge from this moment stronger, more determined and better equipped to unite the world in the fight to defend democracy, because we have fought for it. ‘
He cited some of the first moves he made in the home office as proof that the U.S. was back on track.
Biden then made the news about refugees.