Immigration

 

 

 

Roll Call - The Trump administration announced a drastic reduction on refugee admissions for fiscal 2026 as part of a tough-on-immigration approach, but a mixture of prior policies, a court challenge and the recent partial government shutdown have added to uncertainty over U.S. policy.

The State Department last month said 7,500 refugees could be admitted during the year, under a proclamation that also makes as the only priority group white Afrikaners from South Africa, who are allegedly facing persecution under a new property confiscation law. That would be the lowest cap since the 1980 law that established the current refugee process.

RBReich -  The Trump regime has fired an estimated 70 immigration judges since February. This is happening as immigration courts face a record backlog of cases.