US POLITICS

Democratic senator rips Biden for keeping Trump's refugee cap

The Senate's top foreign policy Democrat on Friday blasted the White House for maintaining former President Trump's refugee cap, a move that flies in the face of Democrats who have lobbied for a raise in refugee numbers. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) released a letter he'd sent to President Biden earlier in the day, warning Biden of the repercussions of not raising the refugee cap, which had been set at 15,000 by Trump. “By failing to issue a revised Determination, the