Trump administration limits number of refugees to 7,500 and they’re mostly white South Africans

WASHINGTON AP The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits into the country to and they will mostly be white South Africans a dramatic drop after the U S previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution from around the world The administration published the news Thursday in a notice on the Federal Registry No reason was given for the numbers which are a dramatic decrease from last year s ceiling set under the Biden administration of The Associated Press previously revealed that the administration was considering admitting as inadequate as refugees and mostly white South Africans The memo noted only that the admission of the refugees during fiscal year was justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest