Biden ramps up refugee admissions

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to radically increase refugee admissions to the United States in the next fiscal year, from 15,000 under the Trump administration, to 125,000

U.S. REFUGEE ADMISSIONS AND CEILINGS
Fiscal years (FY)*, ’000

Annual ceiling
Number of  admitted refugees

Biden sets FY2022 ceiling at 125,000 up from 15,000 this year under President
Donald Trump

Trump uses executive order to slash FY2017 ceiling to 50,000, reversing cap of 110,000 set by outgoing President Barack Obama

250 200 150 100 050

207,116  61,218 132,531 85,525 27,110 84,994 11,814   

FY1980  1990 1990 2000 2010 2020 
  
Carter Reagan George HW Bush Clinton  George W Bush  Obama  Trump  Biden 

Calendar years 1981 1989 1993  2001  2009  2017   2021  

Sep 11, 2001:Terrorist attacks

*Fiscal year runs from Oct 1 to Sep 30

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Sources: U.S. Department of State, Center for American Progress