President Biden Tries To Reverse Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Policies. It Won’t Be Easy.
Donald Trump left the refugee resettlement program in shambles and reversing course will take time and money. (The New York Times)
“Stripped of personnel and weakened by the coronavirus, the government’s refugee program is simply not equipped to welcome a flood of foreigners fleeing disaster, officials and experts said.
President Donald J. Trump steadily lowered the annual cap on refugees from the 110,000 that President Barack Obama said should be allowed into the United States in 2016 to just 15,000 for the current fiscal year, a record low. Even that rock-bottom number overstates the cap, since the Trump administration added more barriers on the world’s neediest people.”
America is a destination nation even with our current diminished World image. President Biden is right to correct the anti-immigration trajectory of his predecessor and once again recognize our unique position as truly welcoming nation. Immigration helps America and we help immigrants realize their dream of a better life for themselves and their children. The United States is made infinitely better by the people who choose to immigrate here and we need more immigrants. Plain and simple.
