Overview

• The proposed cap has not been finalized or formally notified to Congress by the Sept. 30 deadline, according to officials familiar with the discussions.
• Refugee admissions have been largely stalled since Trump suspended the program in January, with only limited entries via a court case and a new Afrikaner program announced in February.
• Administration officials say no refugees will be admitted in the new fiscal year until the government reopens, compounding existing delays.
• Resettlement groups report about 128,000 people already cleared for U.S. entry are stranded, including long-registered Iranian religious minorities.
• Democratic leaders on the House and Senate Judiciary committees accuse the administration of defying the law, while South Africa rejects U.S. claims that white farmers face targeted persecution.