Closing summary
That’s it for the US politics live blog today! Here were some of the events we followed:
The Biden administration announced that it plans to admit up to 125,000 refugees in next fiscal year, the same target for this current period, announced state department spokesperson Ned Price.
Joe Biden gave a speech about transforming America’s Rustbelt region into “the silicon heartland” while speaking at the groundbreaking of a new Intel semiconductor factory in Ohio.
Kamala Harris was in Houston and spoke to astronauts aboard the international space station. The vice-president also chaired a meeting of the National Space Council this afternoon.
Department of Justice lawyers aimed to regain access to highly classified documents that were seized during an FBI search of former president Donald Trump’s Florida mansion. Lawyers called the seized documents “critical” to national security.
Have a great weekend and thank you for reading!
Updated
As of August 31st, only 19,919 refugees have been admitted to the US under the Biden administration.
The figure falls fairly short of the 125,000 goal proposed by his administration and doesn’t include refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine who have come more recently.
From CNN reporter Priscilla Alvarez:
The US has admitted only 19,919 refugees into the country as of Aug 31, falling far short of the Biden admin’s goal of 125K refugees with a month left in the fiscal year, according to federal data. That doesn't include the thousands of Afghans and Ukrainians paroled into the US.
— Priscilla Alvarez (@priscialva) September 8, 2022
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