The US president has said the country can provide asylum to a maximum of 7,500 people per year
US President Donald Trump has slashed the cap on annual refugee admissions from 125,000 to 7,500, the lowest level in American history.
In a notice published in the Federal Register on Thursday, Trump argued that the new limit was “justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest.”
He added that the admissions would “primarily” be allocated among white South Africans, as well as “other victims of illegal or unjust discrimination in their respective homelands.”
Trump has long called for an overhaul of US asylum regulations as part of his broader immigration crackdown and his stated goal of combating extremism. He has vowed to carry out “the largest deportation” in US history while also purging federal agencies of “woke” practices.
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