They had already announced the decrease in refugee admissions from 125,000 to 7,500 and the emphasis on Afrikaners. Now, they will be prioritizing Europeans who have been "targeted for peaceful expression of views online such as opposition to mass migration or support for 'populist' political parties."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/trump-refugee-white-people.html
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The Trump administration is considering a radical overhaul of the U.S. refugee system that would slash the program to its bare bones while giving preference to English speakers, white South Africans and Europeans who oppose migration, according to documents obtained by The New York Times.
The proposals, some of which already have gone into effect, would transform a decades-old program aimed at helping the world's most desperate people into one that conforms to Mr. Trump's vision of immigration which is to help mostly white people who say they are being persecuted while keeping the vast majority of other people out.
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The proposed changes would put new emphasis on whether applicants would be able to assimilate into the United States, directing them to take classes on "American history and values" and "respect for cultural norms."
The proposals also advise Mr. Trump to prioritize Europeans who have been "targeted for peaceful expression of views online such as opposition to mass migration or support for 'populist' political parties."
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According to the rationale laid out in the documents submitted to Mr. Trump, America's acceptance of refugees has made the country too diverse.
"The sharp increase in diversity has reduced the level of social trust essential for the functioning of a democratic polity," according to one of the documents. The administration should only welcome "refugees who can be fully and appropriately assimilate, and are aligned with the president's objectives."
To that end, the documents say, Mr. Trump should cancel the applications of hundreds of thousands of people who are already in the pipeline to come to the United States as refugees, many of whom have gone through extensive security checks and referrals.
And Mr. Trump's federal agencies proposed imposing limits on the number of refugees who can resettle in communities that already have a high population of immigrants, on the basis that the United States should avoid "the concentration of non-native citizens" in order to promote assimilation.
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Mr. Trump and the architect of his immigration restrictions, Stephen Miller, have for years sought to limit the number of refugees entering the United States, particularly from Africa or Muslim-majority nations. During his first term, Mr. Trump demanded to know at a White House meeting why he would accept immigrants from Haiti and African nations, which he described as "****hole countries," rather than Europe.
