Trump administration sets refugee admissions for fiscal 2026 to lowest on record

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : The memo, dated Sept. 30, said the admissions numbers "shall primarily be allocated among Afrikaners from South Africa," a white ethnic minority group that controlled South Africa during apartheid, as well as "other victims of illegal or unjust discrimination in their respective homelands." The admissions allocation focus on white Afrikaners expands on Trump's commitment in an executive order earlier this year to resettle what he described as "Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation," even as he paused refugee admissions.
50% : "The Administration has brazenly ignored the statutory requirement to consult with the House and Senate Judiciary Committees before setting the annual refugee admissions ceiling.
31% : The Trump administration dramatically slashed the refugee admissions cap for the new fiscal year starting this month to 7,500, the lowest ever on record, according to a federal register memo posted Thursday.

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