The Trump administration has proposed significantly expanding the United States refugee program to admit thousands more white South Africans, according to government documents and reports.

The administration is seeking to increase refugee admissions for Afrikaners from South Africa, with proposals to admit an additional 10,000 individuals. The initiative would require approximately $100 million in government funding, according to administration estimates.

Administration officials have characterized the situation in South Africa as constituting an "emergency refugee situation" that warrants the expanded admissions program. The proposal represents a doubling down on existing efforts to resettle white Afrikaners in the United States through the refugee system.

The plan would involve raising the government's overall refugee admission cap to accommodate the increased South African admissions. Details of the proposal were obtained through government documents, though the administration has not yet publicly announced the initiative.

The proposal comes amid ongoing political and economic challenges in South Africa, though the specific conditions cited by the administration as constituting an emergency were not detailed in the available reports. The refugee program expansion would mark a significant shift in U.S. refugee policy toward South Africa.