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Trump Admin Plans to Limit Refugee Admissions, Giving Preference to English Speakers

HeadlineOct 16, 2025

The Trump administration is considering a plan to radically curtail refugee admissions to the United States, while giving preference to English speakers, white South Africans and Europeans who oppose migration. That’s according to documents obtained by The New York Times, which reports the proposals would transform a program aimed at helping the most vulnerable people in the world into one that gives preference to mostly white people who say they are being persecuted. Among the beneficiaries would be members of the Alternative for Germany party, known as AfD, whose leaders have revived Nazi slogans, minimized the Holocaust and promoted anti-immigrant hatred.

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