TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 6, 2025

The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees admitted annually to the United States to 7,500, a dramatic drop from last year’s ceiling of 125,000 under the Biden administration, according to the Associated Press. The news syndicate also reports that no reason was given for the new number, which was published in the Federal Register. The administration suspended the refugee program on Trump’s first day in office and since then only a trickle have entered the country, mostly white South Africans. Some other refugees have been admitted as part of a court case seeking to allow entry to those who were in the process of coming to the U.S. when the program was suspended.