On May 3rd, President Joe Biden revised the U.S. annual refugee admissions cap. He has reviewed the previous levels, which were a historic low, and decided to raise it. According to a White House statement by the president, he said the following: "Today, I am revising the United States’ annual refugee admissions cap to 62,500 for this fiscal year. This erases the historically low number set by the previous administration of 15,000, which did not reflect America’s values as a nation that welcomes and supports refugees."

We must consider now, does the US have the responsibility of taking in more refugees now, or could it have wait? Where should our focus be: national security or humanitarian efforts? How will taking in more refugees, as Biden hopes to propose in the next fiscal year, affect the United States moving forward?