The Biden Administration should increase the rate of refugee admissions for the remainder of Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, a group of U.S. Senators said in a recent letter to President Joe Biden.
The Senators also urged the President to maintain or increase the target of 125,000 refugee admissions in FY 2023 and take meaningful steps to meet this target.
“We commend you for recommitting the United States to its historic role as a global leader in refugee resettlement by setting a ceiling of 125,000 for FY 2022,” the Senators wrote. “However, we are deeply concerned that as of June 30, 2022, the United States has only resettled 15,100 refugees this fiscal year.”
The lawmakers said that despite the challenges of rebuilding the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program “that your Administration inherited, we can and must do better. The dismantling of programs by the Trump Administration has hindered our efforts to resettle more refugees, and as such, your Administration must take the necessary steps to promptly ensure the United States has a robust, functioning, durable refugee resettlement system.”
Click here for the letter.
The Immigration and Refugee News Digest 