Biden Reverses Course on Refugee Cap, Plans Increase by May 15 After Order Prompts Progressive Backlash.

Refugee advocates had projected that, with the Trump-era subcategory caps in place, the Biden administration would have been able to admit only 4,100 refugees through September, the end of the fiscal year. Keywords: Political/General News; Human Migration; Politics/International Relations; Domestic Politics; Government Bodies; Executive Branch; SYND; WSJ-PRO-WSJ.com; Donald Trump; political EN Political/General News Human Migration Politics/International Relations Domestic Politics Government Bodies Executive Branch SYND WSJ-PRO-WSJ.com Donald Trump political N.PAG N.PAG 1 04/19/21 20210417 NES 210417 Decision comes after criticism over executive order that scrapped restrictions imposed by Trump administration but left the annual limit at 15,000 President Biden plans to increase the cap on refugee admissions, after his initial decision to leave it at a record low of 15,000 was met with criticism from progressives. [Extracted from the article]