A refugee organisation says the White House's explanation of the order is 'completely false'.
Following outcry, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the Democratic president's directive had been the "subject of some confusion".
Ms Psaki said Mr Biden's order on Friday was meant to allow refugee flights to the US to begin within days. Jenny Yang, senior vice-president at World Relief, a humanitarian organisation, told CNN that White House claims the US refugee resettlement programme needed to be rebuilt after the Trump years was "a completely false narrative".
A US official earlier told Reuters news agency the administration had been concerned about looking "too open" with rising numbers of migrants arriving at the Mexican borders.
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