Trump will admit 7,500 refugees to the US and will prioritize white people suffering from genocide in South Africa.

The government of President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that it will limit to 7,500 per year the number of legal refugees who can enter the United States. Based on this figure, priority will be given to white South Africans who suffer discrimination and persecution in the African country. 

The new number of admissions represents a reduction compared to the limit imposed by Trump's predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden, who had set it at 125,000 per year. During his last year in office, Biden had accepted only one South African into the country, a trend that had been repeating since Obama's years in the White House. 

"The admission of up to 7,500 refugees to the United States during fiscal year 2026 is justified for humanitarian reasons or reasons of national interest. The admitted places will be assigned mainly to the Afrikaner minority of South Africa and to other victims of illegal or unfair discrimination in their respective countries of origin," says the Federal Register statement announcing the measure. 

Trump denounces genocide against white South Africans

The Republican leader had previously stated that the United States needed to take care of the white residents of South Africa, who face abuses such as the expropriation of their properties by the racist government of that nation, which is led by leftist Cyril Ramaphosa. 

"The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security will take appropriate measures, in accordance with the law, to prioritize humanitarian assistance, including admission and resettlement through the United States Refugee Admissions Program, for Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination," Trump had said in a decree signed in February. 

In May, Trump received Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House. There, the leader of the superpower highlighted in front of his South African counterpart the persecution and genocide that was being committed against the South Afrikaner minority. Ramaphosa denied these allegations and said that white people served in his cabinet, something that doesn't refute the accusations raised by Trump. 

Refugees are those who seek protection from persecution outside their country of origin. Those who are already on U.S. soil and seek protection are considered under asylum, which is a parallel but separate path.