US EditionTrump limits refugee admissions to record-low 7,500, prioritizing white South Africans
- On Thursday, the White House published a Federal Register notice setting the U.S. refugee cap at 7,500 for fiscal year 2026, saying most admissions would "primarily" be Afrikaners from South Africa.
- After suspending admissions earlier this year, the administration capped refugees at 7,500 for fiscal year 2026, a steep cut from the 125,000 ceiling set last year under former President Joe Biden.
- Resettlement agencies say layoffs and service cuts have occurred as only 138 South Africans entered by early September, with Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau greeting Afrikaner refugees at Dulles International Airport in May.
- Advocates warned refugee prioritisation for Afrikaners while blocking conflict-zone refugees undermines the program, and U.S. lower courts and appeals courts split on refugee admissions this year.
- The cap is the lowest since 1980, set at 7,500 for fiscal year 2026 as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees counts 42.7 million refugees globally.
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Only 7,500 people will be eligible for asylum in 2025, compared to about 100,000 per year under the Biden administration. South African whites will account for the majority of those welcomed.
Trump suspended the refugee programme on its first day of mandate and since then only a small number of refugees have entered the country, most of them white Africans.
Uh Oh, President Trump Is Prioritizing White Refugees
The Trump administration is slashing refugee admissions down to 7,500 — a record low level — in the upcoming year, reserving the bulk of the slots for white Afrikaners from South Africa and other victims over “illegal or unjust discrimination.” The Trump administration published its presidential memo in the Federal Register on Thursday and said the move […] The post Uh Oh, President Trump Is Prioritizing White Refugees appeared first on www.inde…
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