WILMINGTON, Delaware, April 17 (Reuters) - President Joe
Biden said on Saturday he will increase the maximum number of
refugees admitted this year to the United States from 15,000.
The 15,000 cap was first set by his predecessor, former
President Donald Trump. Biden signed an order on Friday
extending that cap through the government's fiscal year, which
ends on Sept. 30. He shelved a plan announced in February to
increase the cap to 62,500.
(Reporting by Jarrett Renshaw in Wimington, Delaware; writing
by David Shepardson; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
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