US Maintains Refugee Admissions Cap At 125k

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    The Spin

    Democratic narrative

    Biden has set an ambitious target, but it's a benchmark he needs to reach if he's committed to rebuilding and strengthening the US Refugee Admissions Program. Experts on global humanitarian aid feel 125k is a justified goal, considering the turmoil and instability threatening peoples' lives and safety across the globe. America has a moral responsibility to help those less fortunate and give them a new start.

    Republican narrative

    There is no reason the US should be permitting more refugees to enter the country, when over two million illegal immigrants have crossed the southern border this year alone. After the federal government has let them in, immigrants will not be going to the wealthy Democrat neighbourhoods that supported these policies, but to GOP-supporting, working-class towns.

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