SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The Trump administration is pushing for a reduction in the number of refugees admitted into the U.S. for the 2026 fiscal year, with most of the slots going to white South Africans.

Agencies such as the International Rescue Committee and Global Refuge helped bring about 125,000 refugees last year to the U.S., a figure that was set by the Biden administration.

The number being proposed by the White House is a drastic reduction with advocates warning it would essentially ignore up to 128,000 people who have already been vetted by the United Nations, a U.S. Embassy or an approved international group working with refugees.

Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of the resettlement organization Global Refuge, told the AP this would be "a monumental shift in U.

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