President Donald Trump announced that the United States would cap refugee admissions at 7,500 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 125,000 set by former President Joe Biden‘s administration. The cap allows for half as many 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.

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