WASHINGTON—The Trump administration has slashed its quota for refugees and prioritized accepting Afrikaners “and other victims of illegal or unjust discrimination in their respective homelands.”
The United States will accept 7,500 refugees in Fiscal Year 2026 —a historic low—according to a presidential memo posted on the Federal Register on Oct. 30. It is a drastic decrease from the quota of 125,000 refugees set for Fiscal Year 2025 by the Biden administration. The Trump administration suspended the quota upon taking office in January.
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