POLITICS

Trump sets 7,500 annual limit for refugees entering US. It’ll be mostly White South Africans

The Trump administration moved to cap refugee admissions at 7,500, mostly White South Africans, in a notice posted Thursday on the Federal Register. The memo says the 2026 fiscal year limit is justified by humanitarian concerns or the national interest, a sharp cut from last year’s 125,000 ceiling set under President Joe Biden. The decision further weakens a once bipartisan program, which Trump previously suspended, allowing in only a trickle and some through a court case. The administration cites discrimination and violence facing Afrikaner farmers; South Africa’s government strongly denies that characterization. Resettlement groups report layoffs.

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