Biden retains the US refugee title
On Friday, President Joe Biden signed an order restricting the admission of US refugees this year to the $ 15,000 minimum wage under his predecessor Donald Trump, a senior official said, leaving the program to raise it to 62,500 and creating resentment for refugee lawyers and other Democratic legislatures.
The ruling is affecting lawmakers who want the Democratic Alliance President to quickly change the refugee policies of Republican Trump, which has set a target of 15,000 people as a way to reduce immigration. The chief executive officer predicted that "the number of admissions would increase significantly in the coming years."
Biden, who took office in January had signed two months ago, plans to increase the position to 62,500 in the 2021 fiscal year ending September 30, but set on halt for a while. The president's decision appears to have been linked to concerns over the optics of accepting more refugees during rising U.S.-Mexico immigration rates in recent months, and not wanting to appear "too open" or "soft," Republicans have blamed Biden for the situation at the border, missing out on his steps to change some of the toughest immigration policies of the Trump era.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Biden promised in February to increase the number of refugees admitted in the next fiscal year to 125,000. Under a presidential resolution signed by Biden, the United States will offer refugee status to a wider part of the world than was approved by Trump by changing the refugee allocation, a senior administration official said.
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