The US will admit a maximum of 7,500 refugees in 2026 by order of Trump and prioritizes white South Africans

The United States Government will limit the number to 7,500number of refugees admitted in 2026 and will give priority to white South Africans, whom it considers victims of a genocide that no international entity considers real.

The measure, which was announced this Thursday, represents a drastic cut compared to the previous year’s figure, set at 125,000 people and established by the former president. Joe Biden.

The Executive of Donald Trump It did not give any particular reason for the cut, but the announcement maintained that it was “justified on humanitarian or national interest grounds.”

Already in January 2025, Trump signed an executive order suspending the Refugee Admission Program to allow US authorities to prioritize “national security and public safety.”

In May 2025, the American president held a tense meeting with his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosain the White House.

During the meeting, he showed a video to denounce the alleged “genocide” against the white ‘Afrikaner’ minority (white South Africans descended from Dutch settlers), an accusation that Ramaphosa categorically rejected.

Tension broke out when the press asked about the arrival of the first refugees. Trump insisted on his theory that this minority suffers persecution and demanded explanations from his interlocutor.

“These are generally white farmers fleeing South Africa, and it’s very sad to see. I hope we can have an explanation“he declared.

Ramaphosa responded firmly. “If there really was a genocide against Afrikaner farmers, I assure you these people would not be hereincluding my own Minister of Agriculture.

Trump insisted that there are “thousands of stories” confirming the persecution and ordered the screening of a nearly five-minute video showing African politicians giving speeches in favor of violence against whites and images of mounds and crosses that, according to Trump, represent more than 1,000 farmers killed.

“I would like to know where that is, because I haven’t seen it,” commented the South African president after looking uncomfortably at the images.

A few days earlier, Washington had welcomed the first group of 49 Afrikaners to arrive in the country as refugees.

Undersecretary of State Christopher Landau welcomed citizens and told them that “when you have quality seeds, you can plant them in foreign soil,” because “they will flourish.”

“We are excited to welcome you to our country, where we believe you will flourish,” he told them.