Trump administration restricts annual refugee admissions to historic low

President Donald Trump released that the United States would cap refugee admissions at in the coming fiscal year with a focus on resettling white South Africans The historically low limit on refugees is well below the expiring ceiling of set by former President Joe Biden s administration The cap allows for half as multiple refugees as the lowest ceiling set during Trump s first term No reason for the historically low cap was given in the notice published in the Federal Register only saying it was justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest These admission numbers shall primarily be allocated among Afrikaners from South Africa the notice read Related White genocide and white guilt Donald Trump versus history Trump has pushed the myth of a white genocide in South Africa promising rapid citizenship to South African farmers fleeing to the United States Any Farmer with family from South Africa seeking to flee that country for reasons of safety will be invited into the United States of America with a rapid pathway to Citizenship This process will begin this instant he wrote on Truth Social in March Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Unit He confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa about the supposed genocide during an Oval Office meeting a sparse months later Ramaphosa responded to the tense setting by joking about Trump accepting an airplane for Qatar Read more about this topic Trump wants to extend citizenship to any farmer from South Africa but experts say he likely can t Don t have a plane to give you Trump pushes white genocide maintains in chaotic Ramaphosa meeting Trump vows to save white South Africans while Musk calls for welcoming them as refugees The post Trump administration restricts annual refugee admissions to historic low appeared first on Salon com