This order sus­pend­ed the Refugee Admis­sions Pro­gram, bar­ring any oth­er refugees from enter­ing the U.S., except those who can “ful­ly and appro­pri­ate­ly assim­i­late into the Unit­ed States.” It claimed that the influx of refugees dur­ing the pre­vi­ous admin­is­tra­tion had put a strain on small towns and caused major cities such as New York City and Chica­go to declare states of emer­gency. This pro­gram may be rein­stat­ed dur­ing a time when refugee entry “aligns with the inter­ests of the Unit­ed States,” the order said. In a Feb­ru­ary exec­u­tive order, Trump restart­ed the Refugee Reset­tle­ment Pro­gram to pro­vide South Afrikan­ers human­i­tar­i­an relief, admis­sion and reset­tle­ment in the U.S.