(NPR) Biden Plans To Reopen America To Refugees After Trump Slashed Admissions

Biden Plans To Reopen America To Refugees After Trump Slashed Admissions








A Kurdish refugee mother and son from the Syrian town of Kobani walk beside their tent in a camp in the Turkish town of Suruc on the Turkish-Syrian border in 2014. President-elect Joe Biden aims to reverse the Trump administration's dramatic cuts to refugee admissions.



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Biden Plans To Reopen America To Refugees After Trump Slashed Admissions






The president-elect pledges to welcome as many as 125,000 refugees a year — up from the Trump administration's record-low cap of 15,000. Here are some challenges that await.