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The National Association of Evangelicals has urged President Donald Trump’s administration to reverse its decision to cut United States refugee admissions to the lowest level in history — a move faith leaders warn will leave persecuted Christians and other vulnerable groups without refuge.

The White House announced a historically low ceiling of 7,500 refugee admissions for Fiscal Year 2026 last week. In his Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions , Trump specified that the primary focus of admissions should be on White Afrikaners from South Africa.

The new cap is a considerable drop from 125,000 the previous year, the Evangelical body noted, and called upon the administration to reconsider the decision, made at a time “when the world faces an unprecedented di

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