On the first day of his second term, U.S. president Donald Trump suspended the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, citing public safety and national security. Less than four months later, he relaxed the ban and welcomed a charter plane filled with white South Africans. Effective October 1, 2025, the Trump administration capped refugee admissions at 7,500 for the 2025-26 fiscal year, a precipitous drop from 125,000, the level established for the previous year. As of May 31, 2026, 6,668 “refugees” have been admitted, all but three of them Afrikaners.