President Joe Biden will increase the refugee cap for the next fiscal year to 125,000, fulfilling a campaign promise and satisfying the demands of liberal Democrats in Congress amid calls for stepped-up resettlement of Afghan refugees.
The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was followed by calls to resettle Afghans who aided the nearly 20-year war effort. While the Biden administration celebrated thousands of evacuees, the State Department estimated that most allies were left behind.
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