The Trump administration will cap the U.S. refugee resettlement ceiling for fiscal year 2026 to a historic low, drawing criticism from Christian aid organizations who say it abandons bona fide refugees already approved for resettlement,

In Minneapolis, where Somali refugees helped revitalize entire neighborhoods, the community was stunned by the presidential order capping annual refugee admissions at 7,500, the lowest number since the program began in 1980.

Last year, Cing Cing Hlamyo and four other Burmese families in Missouri pooled their money to join Welcome Corps. Launched by President Joe Biden’s administration in 2023, Welcome Corps allowed people in the United States to sponsor refugees.

President Donald Trump's administration allowed only 2,381 refugees to resettle in Arizona in fiscal year 2025, a significant decrease from the 9,018 former President Joe Biden's administration allowed in the previous year. That number will drop even lower in fiscal year 2026 under new caps announced Oct. 30.

The Trump administration is drastically cutting the number of refugees it will admit to the U.S., capping it at 7,500 for the current fiscal year. That's the lowest since the U.S. refugee program was established in 1980. The Biden administration had set the refugee cap at 125,000 for fiscal year 2025.

Hello Neighbor was limited to helping only the people it had directly resettled. Now, with new funding, the group can serve a wider community.