Immigrants Affected By Shutdown, Trump Restricts US Now Only Accommodates 7,500 Refugees

President Donald Trump reviewed the construction of an immigrant detention prison called Alligator totaling in Florida, USA in July 2025. (X @WhiteHouse)

JAKARTA - The administration of the President of the United States (US) Donald Trump has begun to highlight the number of asylum seekers or immigrants in the US after a government shutdown or shutdown occurred on Thursday this week.

Trump is preparing to set a limit for accepting 7,500 refugees during the shutdown of the US administration.

Three sources told Reuters on Saturday, October 4, this discourse, if it happened, would be the US's lowest record in hosting the number of currently-prioritized immigrants for white South Africans.

Trump, who is part of the Republican Party, previously studied cutting the number of refugees during his tenure as US president for the 2017-2021 term. The cuts were a tough US immigration policy under Trump's control.

After returning to the US Presidentship in January 2025, Trump immediately frozen the acceptance of refugees, saying that the reception could only be continued if deemed in accordance with US interests.

A few weeks later, Trump issued an executive order prioritizing the acceptance of refugees from the African minority of Dutch descent in South Africa.

According to Trump, the white minority group experienced racial discrimination and violence in South Africa, the majority of which were black. The South African government later denied Trump's claims.