Biden to Order Huge Addition to Refugee Cap Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Biden to Order Huge Addition to Refugee Cap Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy at the State Department in Washington on Feb. 4, 2021. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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President Joe Biden on Thursday vowed to dramatically raise the cap on refugees permitted to enter the United States, even above the number during the last year of the Obama administration.

“Today, I’m approving an executive order to begin the hard work of restoring our refugee admissions program to help meet the unprecedented global need,” Biden said at the State Department in Washington. “It’s going to take time to rebuild what has been so badly damaged.”

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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