“Today I am announcing the revision of the annual limit on the admission of refugees in the United States to 62.5 thousand this fiscal year,” - said in a message from Biden on the White House website.
The previous historic low of 15,000 did not reflect American values, he said.
He added that the goal is to admit 125,000 refugees annually.
On February 3, Biden signed three decrees to ease immigration policies that were tightened under Donald Trump.