--- title: White House Plans to Allow 110,000 Refugees in 2017 description: That's a 57% increase in refugees admitted to the United States since 2015. canonical: https://time.com/4492775/white-house-refugee-increase-2017/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-14T13:39:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:34:59.394Z article:section: Politics og:title: White House Plans to Allow 110,000 Refugees into U.S. in 2017 og:description: A 57% increase in refugees admitted to the United States since 2015 og:url: https://time.com/4492775/white-house-refugee-increase-2017/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadba495e4c3e0587/6988a5ed2dce018bb89eaa40/syria-refugee.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Greece Migrants og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: White House Plans to Allow 110,000 Refugees into U.S. in 2017 twitter:description: A 57% increase in refugees admitted to the United States since 2015 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadba495e4c3e0587/6988a5ed2dce018bb89eaa40/syria-refugee.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # White House Plans to Allow 110,000 Refugees into U.S. in 2017 > Sponsored content. 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Petros Giannakouris—AP by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Sep 14, 2016 1:39 PM UTC The White House is [planning to increase](http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/13/politics/white-house-refugees-increasing/index.html) the number of refugees accepted into the United States in 2017. Secretary of State John Kerry told Congress on Tuesday that the administration was planning to bring 100,000 refugees into the country in 2017, but a senior administration official told CNN that the White House could bring in at least 110,000 if possible. That’s a 57% increase in refugee arrivals since 2015, according to CNN. The Obama administration has made accepting refugees a top priority, especially those from Syria, of which about [10,000 a year](http://time.com/4471094/white-house-syrian-refugees/) are accepted. Refugee policy has been a top campaign issue in the U.S. during the 2016 election after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump proposed a [temporary ban on all Muslims](http://time.com/4368686/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-muslim-ban/) entering the country. His opponent, Hillary Clinton, has said that she would like to [increase the number of Syrian refugees allowed in the country](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-u-s-should-take-65000-syrian-refugees/) to numbers higher than the Obama administration. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4492775/white-house-refugee-increase-2017/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4492775/white-house-refugee-increase-2017/"},"headline":"White House Plans to Allow 110,000 Refugees into U.S. in 2017","datePublished":"2016-09-14T13:39:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:34:59.394Z","description":"A 57% increase in refugees admitted to the United States since 2015","url":"https://time.com/4492775/white-house-refugee-increase-2017/","keywords":["White House","Syria","Refugees","John F. 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