The White House unveiled plans to increase the number of refugees received to 110,000 next year, amid a debate in the country about how many should be welcomed.
Before a summit on the global refugee crisis at the UN, which will take place next week, the White House spokesman, Josh Earnest, said the goal was to get 30% of refugees over the next fiscal year.
This would include about 40,000 people from East and South Asia - a vast region that includes Syria.
Nearly five million Syrians left their country since the war began in 2011, and the United States agreed to receive 10,000 this year, an issue that ignited the presidential race.
But the prospect of receiving more refugees, the White House made reference to safety.
"It is important that the people remind people admitted in the United States under this program shall be subject to a review and more rigorous testing than any other individual to enter the United States," Earnest said.
"The president puts national security at the top of your priority list. That becomes clear when considering the admission of refugees in the United States."
The UN welcome on September 19, the first summit on refugees and migrants, which will be followed by a conference of new offers of assistance to refugees, mediated by Obama.
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