United States Department of State
The Biden administration has unraveled much of Trump's travel ban. But many past diversity visa winners still have no way to actually enter the country.
Restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, however, are likely to slow down the process.
Resettlement agencies said many separated families are now in limbo and more cancellations are expected.
Biden said the goal of 125,000 refugee admissions ― up from 15,000 this year under Trump ― would be for the coming fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1.
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The Senate voted 78-22 to approve Blinken.
Ned Price — the agency's first openly gay spokesman, who was appointed by President Joe Biden — made the announcement on Friday afternoon.
"I think we’re leaving the world safer than when we came in," the secretary of state told Bloomberg.
Activists sent the president-elect a list of 100 experts they say would help him craft a less hawkish U.S. approach — highlighting their diversity and lack of corporate ties.
The report by the National Academy of Sciences committee did not name a source for the energy in Cuba and China or say that it was the result of an attack.
The U.S. is currently in the midst of the worst phase of the pandemic so far. The State Department said it will take "every precaution" to protect guests.