17,500 white South African refugees to be admitted in 2027, U.S. says
- On Tuesday, the Trump administration notified Congress it plans to limit the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program to 17,500 admissions in 2027, primarily targeting Afrikaners from South Africa.
- Alleging Afrikaners face land seizures and persecution, the White House continues to prioritize the group, though the South African government denies these claims. Afrikaners led apartheid policies for nearly 50 years until 1994.
- This cap marks a sharp departure from fiscal year 2024, when the U.S. admitted over 100,000 refugees from 85 countries. Data through August reveals nearly 3,000 refugees were admitted this year, almost all South Africans.
- Global Refuge CEO Krish O'Mara Vignarajah labeled the plan "exclusion by design," while HIAS and other resettlement groups are suing the government for excluding designated humanitarian populations.
- Nearly 3,500 evangelical Christians signed a letter urging President Donald Trump to prioritize other religious minorities, arguing the administration bypasses obligations Congress reauthorizes annually under the Lautenberg amendment.
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Trump cuts 2027 refugee inflow to 17,500, down from Biden's...
The Trump administration plans to cap next year's refugee inflow at 17,500 people, down from the 125,000 target set under President Joe Biden. The State Department laid out the plan in a notice sent to Congress on Tuesday, a week before the 2027 fiscal year opens in October. Admissions will "primarily be Afrikaners from South Africa," the notice says, naming the Afrikaans-speaking white minority descended from Dutch and French settlers. Biden's …
He knows the U.S. plan to admit 17,500 refugees in 2027, who will have priority and how much federal resettlement will cost.
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Trump administration again omits refugees fleeing religious persecution from US program
(RNS) — The Trump administration set the refugee cap for 2027 at 17,500, the same as this year. That would make it the second year in a row of historically low admissions — made up primarily of white South Africans.
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