"The Trump administration is going to restrict the number of refugees it admits into the United States next year to the token level of just 7,500 and those spots will mostly be filled by white South Africans. The low number represents a dramatic drop after the US previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution from around the world."
"The announcement swiftly drew criticism from refugee organizations, with the International Refugee Assistance Project saying: This determination makes it painfully clear that the Trump administration values politics over protection. By privileging Afrikaners while continuing to ban thousands of refugees who have already been vetted and approved, the administration is once again politicizing a humanitarian program. It is egregious to exclude refugees who completed years of rigorous security checks and are currently stuck in dangerous and precarious situations, it added."
The Trump administration set the 2026 US refugee admissions ceiling at 7,500, with most places reportedly reserved for white South Africans. The cap represents a dramatic reduction from the prior 125,000 ceiling under the Biden administration. The administration published the decision in the Federal Register and offered only that the admissions were justified by humanitarian concerns or national interest. Leaked documents had signaled the plan in advance. Refugee organizations criticized the decision as politicizing the refugee program, privileging Afrikaners while excluding thousands of vetted, approved refugees who remain in dangerous and precarious situations, and argued the move undermines US moral standing.
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