According to reports, the Department of State (DOS) has set a goal of processing 4,500 white South Afrikaner refugee applications per month. To accomplish this goal, trailers are being set up on U.S. Embassy property in Pretoria, a contracting document said. “The inability to safely process about 4,500 applicants per month, an objective communicated to [DOS’s refugee division] from the White House, would result in failure to meet a Presidential priority,” the document reportedly stated.
As of January 31, 2026, after a program to admit Afrikaners to the United States was announced in May 2025, about 2,000 Afrikaners have entered the United States as refugees. It is unclear whether a recent pause in admitting any refugees will affect the administration’s ability to meet its target, along with President Trump’s statement last year that the United States would admit only 7,500 refugees in fiscal year 2026.
