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US Offers Refugee Status to White South Africans Amid Claims of Persecution

US Offers Refugee Status to White South Africans Amid Claims of Persecution

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The Trump administration plans to admit over two dozen white South African immigrants to the United States, with the first group expected to arrive on Monday, May 12, at Dulles International Airport. This move is notable as the US has suspended its refugee resettlement program, rejecting asylum-seekers from most areas of the world. The decision to grant asylum to these particular individuals is reportedly based on claims of persecution.

Donald Trump
Republican Party
1. It's a genocide that's taking place that you people don't want to write about.
2. So we've essentially extended citizenship to those people to escape from that violence and come here.
3. They happen to be white, but whether they're white or black makes no difference to me, but white farmers are being brutally killed, and their land is being confiscated in South Africa.
Tammy Bruce
US State Department
1. Today, the United States sends a clear message, in alignment with the administration's America First foreign policy agenda, that America will take action to protect victims of racial discrimination.
Christopher Landau
US State Department
1. We're sending a clear message that the United States really rejects the egregious persecution of people on the basis of race in South Africa.
2. I want you all to know that you are really welcome here and that we respect what you have had to deal with these last few years.
3. Some of the criteria are making sure that refugees did not pose any challenge to our national security and that they could be assimilated easily into our country.
Stephen Miller
White House
1. This is persecution based on a protected characteristic – in this case, race. This is race-based persecution.
Department of International Relations and Cooperation
1. The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take appropriate steps, consistent with law, to prioritize humanitarian relief, including admission and resettlement through the United States Refugee Admissions Program, for Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination.
Vincent Magwenya
African National Congress Party
1. Disturbingly, one has to admit that our sovereignty as a country is being grossly undermined and violated by the United States.
Ronald Lamola
African National Congress Party
1. The crime that we have in South Africa affects everyone irrespective of race and gender.
Cyril Ramaphosa
African National Congress Party
1. A refugee is someone who has to leave their country out of fear of political persecution, religious persecution or economic persecution.
2. Our position is that there are no South African citizens who can be classified as refugees to any part of the world.

US Offers Refugee Status to White South Africans Amid Claims of Persecution

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