WASHINGTON —

President Donald Trump is considering admitting far fewer refugees into the U.S. this year — as few as 7,500, and mostly white South Africans , officials say — a dramatic new low as the administration is conducting sweeping immigration raids as part of its mass deportation agenda.

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The new figures have not been finalized by the Trump administration or officially transmitted in a notification to Congress as required by last week's deadline, according to two people familiar with the situation who were granted anonymity because they were unauthorized to discuss it with the media.

The decreased numbers of refugees would be a stark departure from the higher figures traditionally al

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