Tuesday, May 19, 2026 - The Trump administration is proposing increasing the refugee admissions ceiling for fiscal year 2026 to 17,500 for White South Africans, according to an emergency determination sent to Congress.
Last year, the administration restricted the number of
refugees allowed to enter the country annually to 7,500, with a focus on White
South Africans, slashing the previous year’s ceiling of 125,000 and excluding
some of the world’s most vulnerable populations.
Trump has justified the administration’s decision to resettle
Afrikaners in the US by citing claims that “a genocide is taking place” in
South Africa, saying that “White farmers are being brutally killed and their
land confiscated.” South African authorities have strongly denied such claims.
Investigations into the claims of White “genocide” in South Africa have found
no evidence to back them up.
The emergency determination cited remarks from the South
African president and an incident last year when the South African government
questioned US personnel on assignment in the country.
“This escalating hostility heightens the risks to Afrikaners
in South Africa, who are already subject to far-reaching government-sponsored
race-based discrimination,” the report states. “For these reasons, a revised
ceiling of 17,500 is justified by grave humanitarian concerns and in the
national interest as detailed in E.O. 14204 and will further the U.S. foreign
policy interests described in that order.”
Under US law, the administration must consult with Congress
on the annual refugee ceiling
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