Cancelled flights, expired clearances: US refugee resettlement in limbo awaiting promised changes
RNS It’s been two months since President Joe Biden signed an executive order he said would “begin the hard work of restoring our refugee admissions program.” Part of that work was to include raising the number of refugees allowed into the United States from 15,000, a historic low set by the former president, to 125,000 in the […]
Biden DHS nominee has “refreshing” meeting with faith groups about immigration, refugees
Washington DC, USRNS President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security held a roundtable meeting with an array of faith groups on Friday, a gathering participants described as “refreshing” and a shift away from the Trump administration’s combative relationship with religious organisations regarding immigration and refugee policy. The long list of attendees […]
Biden pledges to raise refugee ceiling to 125,000 in address to Jesuit group
RNS President-elect Joe Biden announced he will raise the number of refugees allowed into the United States to 125,000 in his first year in office, a major reversal from President Donald Trump’s steep cuts to the US refugee program. It’s not the first time Biden has made that pledge. He previously floated the number in a statement […]
Refugee data on religion disappears as fewer persecuted Christians admitted to US
RNS The US State Department no longer is making publicly available a number of statistics about refugees admitted into the United States, including their religious affiliation. A spokesperson for the department cited two main reasons for the changes, which took place Friday: the development of a new information technology system, which won’t be completed until […]