U.S. to raise refugee cap to 125,000 spots in 2022

The U.S. government will aim to resettle up to 125,000 refugees in the next 12 months, cementing President Biden's campaign promise to reverse the historic cuts made to the refugee program during the Trump administration, a person familiar with the plan told CBS News. 

The 125,000-spot refugee cap for fiscal year 2021, which starts in October, will mark a 733% increase from the historic low 15,000-person ceiling former President Donald Trump set before leaving office.

While it is the highest U.S. refugee ceiling since the early 1990s, the fiscal year 2022 cap, like its previous iterations, will be a target that does not require the government to resettle a precise number of people fleeing war and persecution across the globe.