Trump to slash refugee admissions to record low and reserve slots for white South Africans

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/us/politics/trump-refugee-admissions-south-africa.html

Trump Administration Is Said to Plan to Cut Refugee Admissions to a Record Low
Many of the slots would go to white South Africans and others facing “unjust discrimination,” according to people familiar with the matter and documents obtained by The New York Times.
By Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Hamed Aleaziz and Miriam Jordan
Published Oct. 3, 2025 Updated Oct. 4, 2025, 12:18 a.m. ET

The Trump administration plans to slash refugee admissions to a record low level in the upcoming year, reserving a bulk of the limited slots for white Afrikaners from South Africa and others facing “unjust discrimination,” according to people familiar with the matter and documents obtained by The New York Times.

President Trump is expected to lower the ceiling on refugee admissions to 7,500, a drastic decrease from the cap of 125,000 set by the Biden administration last year, according to a presidential determination dated Sept. 30 and signed by Mr. Trump.

The new limit would effectively shut the door to thousands of families waiting in camps around the world and refocus a program meant to provide sanctuary for those fleeing war and famine to support mostly white South Africans.

The Trump administration has argued that the program needs to be upended to align with the national interests of the United States.

For Mr. Trump, that has appeared to mean refocusing the program on South African descendants of Dutch and French settlers who arrived there in the 17th century.

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