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.
