Senate Democrats Pressure Biden to Raise Refugee Admission Limit

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 2, 2021. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo

A group of Senate Democrats is again pressuring President Joe Biden to raise the number of refugees being admitted into the United States in hopes that he would eventually increase the cap on refugees to 125,000 for the 2022 fiscal year, which begins in October.

Thirty-four Senate Democrats, led by Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), made their request in a letter on Tuesday while also urging him to set a 62,500 refugee cap for this fiscal year by May 15, 2021.