Trump administration limits refugee admissions to 7,500, primarily targeting white South Africans, marking a significant decrease from previous years.
The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans, a dramatic drop after the U.S. previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution from around the world.
The administration published the news Thursday (October 30, 2025) in a notice on the Federal Registry.
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