5 Feb 2021

Biden signs order to ramp up refugee admissions and plans to allocate 125,000 spots next fiscal year

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President Biden issued an executive order on Thursday to increase refugee admissions and allow the U.S. to set a goal of providing safe haven to 125,000 people around the world fleeing violence, conflict, and persecution during his first full fiscal … Read More
26 Oct 2020

US election 2020: Trump’s impact on immigration – in seven charts

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Donald Trump campaigned for the presidency in 2016 with a pledge to bring down illegal immigration, famously blaming undocumented migrants from Mexico for a host of problems, including drugs and crime. In the four years since, how has this rhetoric … Read More
21 Oct 2020

Trump plans to slash refugee admissions to U.S. to a record low

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The Trump administration intends to admit up to 15,000 refugees into the U.S. in the 2021 fiscal year down from a cap of 18,000. Central American migrants ride atop a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border, in … Read More