Biden Touts Refugee Resettlement Milestone After Asylum Crackdown

Josh Wingrove

20 June 2024 at 6:32 pm·1-min read

(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden is trumpeting his efforts to resettle more than 100,000 refugees to the US — the highest total in three decades — after coming under fire from allies and immigration groups for his recent crackdown on asylum claims on the border.

Most Read from Bloomberg Businessweek

HuffPost
Critics Clown Trump's 'IDIOTIC' Electric Planes Remarks: 'Dumb As A Box Of Rocks'
"What happens if the sun isn’t shining while you’re up in the air?” the former president asked at a rally in Virginia.
CNN
Russia wants to confront NATO but dares not fight it on the battlefield – so it’s waging a hybrid war instead
When someone tried – and failed – to burn down a bus garage in Prague earlier this month, the unsuccessful arson attack didn’t draw much attention. Until, that is, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala revealed it was “very likely” that Moscow was behind it.
CNN
A year ago, she drank battery acid to escape life under the Taliban. Today, she has a message for other Afghan girls
Arzo survived a suicide attempt but now faces a new threat that could send her family – and millions like them – back to Afghanistan and a life that has become so intolerable for women and girls that some would rather die.
Yahoo News Australia
US tourist who got an apartment in Australia can't get visa approved: 'Ready to go'
The young American thinks a crucial mistake she made in Australia has meant she now can't get back in on a working visa.
The Daily Beast
Opinion: France Is Headed Towards Its Most Feral Right-Wing Regime Since the Nazis
PARIS—The French political system, casually referred to as the “Republic of Friends,” is in the throes of one of its humiliating nervous breakdowns.Now, a few weeks before an estimated 15 million baffled visitors, 10,500 bemused athletes and more than 1 billion bewildered TV viewers tune into Paris for the Summer Olympics, there’s an odds-on chance the government will be run by the sort of feral right-wing regime not seen in France since the Vichy administration ruled the country in cahoots with
CNN Business
One of the world’s richest men wants to transform India’s biggest slum
When Masoom Ali Shaikh arrived in Mumbai in 1974 as a young man from northern India, the patch of land where he set up shop was “just a creek with no proper road and garbage all around,” he said.
GOBankingRates
Trump Wants To Eliminate Income Taxes: Here’s What That Would Mean for the Economy and Your Wallet
Former president Donald Trump recently suggested that he is considering instituting a policy of tariffs that would lead to the elimination of the federal income tax. Check Out: Trump-Era Tax Cuts Are...
The Independent
New Jersey threatens to revoke Trump’s golf clubs liquor license after conviction
New Jersey law prohibits an individual convicted of a crime ‘involving moral turpitude’ from having a liquor license
HuffPost
Trump Uses 'Palestinian' As A Slur For The Second Time In A Week
The GOP presidential frontrunner referred to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who is Jewish, as a "Palestinian" during a rally on Friday.
The Independent
Five Indian soldiers killed as tank sinks while crossing river near China border
Tank sank due to a sudden increase in the river’s water level, the Indian army said
CNN
Iran’s presidential election heads to a runoff after reformist wins most votes
Iran’s presidential election is heading to a second round after none of the four candidates managed to secure more than 50% in Friday’s vote.
Sky News
France votes in snap election that could make history
Voters in France are heading to the polls today for a parliamentary election that could usher in the country's first far-right government since the Second World War. French President Emmanuel Macron called a surprise vote after his centrist alliance was soundly beaten in the European elections by Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally earlier this month. France has a semi-presidential system, which means it has both a president and a prime minister.
Sky News
New portrait of King released as Queen Camilla issues rare statement in support of armed forces
A new portrait of King Charles has been released to mark Armed Forces Day, as Queen Camilla gave a rare national statement praising servicemen and women. In his new portrait released at the same time as the Queen's message, the King is wearing his Field Marshal Number 1 ceremonial frock coat with medals, sword and decorations. The photo was taken in the Grand Corridor at Windsor Castle last November by Hugo Burnand, a favourite photographer of the Royal Family who took the official coronation photographs.
HuffPost
Biden's Debate Disaster Changes Nothing. There's Only One Path: Forward.
Did Biden stumble during the presidential debate? Sure. But let's not forget the strides he's made.
South China Morning Post
Xi and Putin are pivoting to the Global South. It may not go to plan
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had a message for the Global South when they met in Beijing last month: unite to become stronger. China and Russia have drawn closer amid simmering tensions with the West, and both are looking to the Global South - developing nations that together account for 40 per cent of the world's GDP and 80 per cent of its population. The pivot is seen by analysts as a powerful narrative to counter the Western-led world order, but they
The Daily Beast
Opinion: Why Biden’s Debate Catastrophe Was Months in the Making
From the moment Joe Biden walked (sort-of) on stage you sensed that this might not be his night.After five minutes no-one was in any doubt. But should we be surprised? Thursday night’s catastrophe was the culmination of an abysmal campaign to date by Biden.When Ezra Klein of The New York Times suggested, in February, that Biden should be replaced as the Democrats’ candidate he cited this as one key reason: “The presidency is a performance. You are not just making decisions, you are also acting o
France 24
'Conspiracy of silence': Why Brexit has been largely absent from UK election campaign
With less than a week to go before the UK's general election, the opposition Labour Party appears on course for a resounding victory. But unlike with the last election in 2019, one word has been almost absent from the campaign trail: Brexit. Why has there been so little discussion of the impact of the country leaving the EU, despite it being one of the main legacies of the outgoing Conservatives' time in office? On the evening of May 22, a few hours after a rain-soaked Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
Australian Associated Press
Austrian far-right, Hungary's Orban form EU alliance
Hungary's leader's party is teaming up with a far-right Austrian party and a populist Czech party to form new European Parliament group Patriots for Europe.
France 24
Hungary's Orban moves to form new alliance with Austrian and Czech nationalist parties
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced he wanted to form a new alliance with Austria’s far-right Freedom Party and the main Czech opposition party. The trio is looking to attract political partners from other EU countries to successfully form a group in the new European parliament. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Sunday presented a new alliance with Austria's far-right Freedom Party and the main Czech opposition party, which hopes to attract other partners and become the bigges
CNN
Far right wins first round of France’s parliamentary election in blow to Macron, projection shows
Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party has taken the lead in the first round of France’s parliamentary elections on Sunday, initial projections showed, as President Emmanuel Macron’s party slumped to third place.

Latest stories