Terrible decision.
This is one of these days when I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall as WH officials discuss how to frame a decision that a) reverses an earlier announcement and b) betrays core supporters and c) earns them nothing but grief.
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) April 16, 2021
Senate Foreign Relations Chair Menendez on decision by Biden – himself a former chairman – to keep Trump refugee levels:
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 16, 2021
“WH has not only stymied number of refugees permitted entrance, it has prevented State Dept from admitting vetted refugees currently waiting in the system"
This is shameful. https://t.co/DIAA5weAQq
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) April 16, 2021
More than two months ago, Biden pledged to raise the refugee cap for the next fiscal year to 125,000 and signaled he would try to make a “down payment” on that this year, but acknowledged it wouldn't be easy. https://t.co/XM25EDQXvk
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) April 16, 2021
Confirmed from a WH official on refugee cap: President Biden will keep the refugee cap number at 15,000. He is going to be changing the regional allocation of those refugees.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) April 16, 2021
Note: This is Biden is walking back an earlier pledge to welcome more than 60,000 refugees into the U.S.
Biden administration to keep refugee cap at Trump’s level, far less than what it proposed to Congress https://t.co/PbBYaSrwIP
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 16, 2021
Biden, Feb. 16: "We used to allow refugees, 125,000 refugees, into the United States on a yearly basis. It was as high as 250,000. Trump cut it to 5,000. Come with me into Sierra Leone. Come to me into parts of Lebanon…." 1/2
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) April 16, 2021
Sad! 