Sen. Menendez Calls on Biden Administration to Follow Through on Promise to Resettle More Refugees
April 17, 2021
April 17, 2021
WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 16, 2021:
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, earlier today wrote to urge President Joe Biden to follow through on his commitment to raise the FY21 refugee ceiling from the Trump administration's 15,000 maximum - the lowest cap on refugee admissions since the refugee resettlement program's inception 40 years ago. Chairman Menendez . . .
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, earlier today wrote to urge President Joe Biden to follow through on his commitment to raise the FY21 refugee ceiling from the Trump administration's 15,000 maximum - the lowest cap on refugee admissions since the refugee resettlement program's inception 40 years ago. Chairman Menendez . . .