Foreign Minister Antony Blinken said on Sunday that it would be “very difficult to comply” with President Biden’s promise to relocate 62,000 refugees by the end of this financial year.
During an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Blinken blamed the “broken system” under the Trump administration for why the Biden government is unlikely to deliver on its promise to relocate 62,000 refugees to the United States. will be able to comply.
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“One of the biggest problems we faced was inheriting a broken system,” Blinken told anchor Martha Raddatz. “And the refugee system we found was not in a place, did not have the means, the means to process as many people effectively as we had hoped.”
Blinken went on to say that Biden’s decision to call the ‘initial directive’ ‘will start the process of really bringing people in’ and ‘lifting the restriction of the previous government’.
‘I think what the President and the White House said today is that it is based on what we have now seen in terms of heritage and that we could look at what was in place, what we could set up, how fast we can do it. put in place, it will be very difficult to reach the sixty-two thousand this financial year, ‘Blinken said.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens to President Joe Biden’s remarks in Washington on Thursday, February 4, 2021. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)
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“But we will review it again in the coming weeks. I think there will be an additional guideline in mid-May,” he added.
Biden signed an emergency decision Friday to speed up refugees in the United States, but he caused outrage among Democrats in Congress by holding the record-low 15,000 refugee cap that was during the Trump administration. The White House initially defended their decision, but stated that they would lift the cap on May 15.
Biden told reporters on Saturday that they would ‘increase the number’ and blamed the ‘crisis’ on the Southern Border for not being able to lead both immigration priorities at the same time.
“We could not do two things at once. But now we are going to increase the number,” Biden added.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., and Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Slammed Biden’s government Friday, saying it ‘completely and utterly unacceptable“for them not to lift the Trump-era refugee limits.
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“This admission target for Biden administration is unacceptable,” said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. “These refugees can wait years for their chance and go do extensive investigation. Thirty-five thousand are ready. In the biggest refugee crisis of our time, there is no reason to limit the number to 15,000. Say it is not so, President Joe. ”
“This is a testament to the power that has built up people’s movements, community advocates and progressive coalitions,” Ocasio-Cortez said. tweeted later after the Biden White House reversed the decision.