The Trump administration is set to dramatically reshape US refugee policy by capping admissions at around 40,000 in 2026, with nearly three-quarters of the slots reserved for White South Africans. According to US officials, roughly 30,000 spaces would be allocated to Afrikaners, a Dutch-descended minority that Trump has claimed is facing “persecution” in South Africa. Pretoria has strongly dismissed Trump’s claims, calling them misleading. The move follows Trump’s creation of a special resettlement program for the group earlier this year, after briefly freezing refugee admissions following his return to office. The proposed cap, revealed by anonymous officials, would represent the most racially targeted refugee policy in modern US history and is expected to ignite fierce debate about immigration priorities and racial equity in America’s humanitarian programs.
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