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How Does the U.S. Refugee System Work? | Council on Foreign Relations

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The United States has long been a safe haven for refugees from around the world. President Biden aims to expand the country’s resettlement program after the Trump administration made sharp cuts.

Council on Foreign Relations Backgrounder Share Table of Contents Share The United States has long been considered a safe haven for refugees from around the world, but this could change in light of the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape the country’s decades-old refugee resettlement program. The State Department manages the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, or USRAP. Since it was created in 1980, more than three million refugees have been accepted into the country. President Joe Biden sought to expand access to resettlement, raising the annual refugee ceiling considerably and launching a

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