The White House aims to process “4,500 refugee applications from white South Africans per month,” Reuters reports. According to the outlet, trailers are being installed on “embassy property in Pretoria to support the effort.” The outlet cited a “U.S. contracting document.” Exclusive: US aims to bring in 4,500 white South Africans per month as refugees, document says https://t.co/XffTYVAet2 https://t.co/XffTYVAet2 — Reuters (@Reuters) February 27, 2026 Reuters explained further: The new target, contained in a previously unreported document from the U.S. State Department dated January 27, signals a push to ramp up admissions from South Africa, while refugee applications from other areas have been severely curtailed. Trump has said the U.S. would only admit 7,500 total refugees from around the world in fiscal year 2026, while a much higher cap of 40,000 to 60,000 was discussed internally last year. Only 2,000 white South Africans had entered the U.S. as refugees as of January 31 under a program launched in May 2025, although the pace has picked up in recent months. The ambitious target could also face administrative delays in Washington, which in recent weeks have halted all refugee travel to the U.S., including white South Africans, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter. “Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau welcomed the first group of Afrikaner refugees to the United States. This tremendous accomplishment, at the direction of Secretary Rubio, responds to President Trump’s call to prioritize U.S. refugee resettlement of this vulnerable group facing unjust racial discrimination in South Africa,” the U.S. State Department said in May 2025. “The United States sends a clear message, in alignment with the administration’s America First foreign policy agenda, that America will take action to protect victims of racial discrimination. We stand with these refugees as they build a better future for themselves and their children in the United States. No one should have to fear having their property seized without compensation or becoming the victim of violent attacks because of their ethnicity. In the coming months, we will continue to welcome more Afrikaner refugees and help them rebuild their lives in our great country,” it added. Semafor noted: It comes just days after the arrival in Pretoria of the new US ambassador to South Africa, the conservative media figure Leo Brent Bozell. The Trump administration launched the program to admit Afrikaners as refugees in early 2025, citing claims of violent persecution and land seizures targeting the community after apartheid. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has pushed back strongly against such claims, culminating in a clash with Trump in the Oval Office last May. Critics argue the White House policy amounts to selective immigration that bypasses refugees fleeing far more acute humanitarian crises elsewhere.