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Trump administration plans to admit more white South Africans as refugees this year

The plan would reverse a 7,500-person limit and spend about $100 million on the added admissions, according to the State Department.

  • The State Department sent an emergency notice to Congress proposing to increase the annual U.S. refugee admissions ceiling from 7,500 to 17,500.
  • The 10,000 newly requested spots are slated to be filled almost exclusively by white South Africans of Afrikaner descent, an expansion estimated to cost taxpayers roughly $100 million.
  • Administration officials justified the sudden expansion by declaring an emergency situation due to escalating political hostility and a December raid by South African authorities on a U.S. refugee processing hub.
  • The South African government fiercely denies all claims of systemic racial persecution against the white minority, accusing the White House of manipulating humanitarian policy for geopolitical purposes.
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Trump administration plans to open the door of the country to 10,000 white South African refugees who are allegedly discriminated against in their country

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Winnipeg Free Press broke the news in Winnipeg, Canada on Monday, May 18, 2026.
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