The authorities in South Africa said on Wednesday that they had arrested and would deport seven Kenyan nationals who were working illegally at a center processing refugee applications for the United States.
South African law enforcement officials on Tuesday arrested the Kenyans in an operation at a processing center in Johannesburg, the Department of Home Affairs said in a statement. It said that they had entered South Africa on tourist visas and were working illegally “at a center processing the applications of so-called ‘refugees’ to the United States.” The seven Kenyans will not be allowed to return to South Africa for five years.
The Department of Home Affairs added that their applications to work in South Africa had previously been rejected and that no American officials had been detained.
“We are seeking immediate clarification from the South African government and expect full cooperation and accountability,” Tommy Pigott, a State Department spokesman, said in a statement.
“Interfering in our refugee operations is unacceptable,” he added.
South African authorities said they arrested the Kenyans as part of its efforts to curb illegal immigration. Over the past year, the government has increased a crackdown on undocumented migrants, and politicians from across the spectrum have zeroed in on immigration to appeal to voters.
The Department of Home Affairs said the raid showed South Africa’s shared commitment with the United States in “combating illegal immigration and visa abuse in all its forms.”
“The presence of foreign officials apparently coordinating with undocumented workers naturally raises serious questions about intent and diplomatic protocol,” it added.
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I suppose it’s not really a leap to say that this is a problem in other countries, but this is happening in the only country that the US is prioritizing people from.
I guess I’m not the only one because in the article,
*“We are seeking immediate clarification from the South African government and expect full cooperation and accountability,” Tommy Pigott, a State Department spokesman, said in a statement.*
*“Interfering in our refugee operations is unacceptable,” he added.*
Now that is a crazy read. Hopefully, someone keeps up with this.
Additional info from AP News *South African authorities raid a US refugee processing center and Washington protests*
The U.S. Embassy in a statement last month said the U.S. government had contracted a Kenya-based company, RSC Africa, to process refugee applications by white South Africans. RSC Africa is operated by Church World Service, a U.S.-based nongovernmental organization that offers refugee assistance and works with the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.
It’s the I consent I consent I don’t meme but I don’t know which side is which
This is probably wrong, but I am going to get upset about every other injustice in the world before I pretend to give a shit about Afrikaners being prevented from yet another advantage being handed to them for the color of their skin. I honestly think I have more pity for the people having to stand in the non-EU line at EU airports.
Also, I hope they aren’t sending their best, that idiot praying as obnoxiously as humanly possible to the left is exactly what the US doesn’t need more of.
>The Department of Home Affairs said the raid showed South Africa’s shared commitment with the United States in “combating illegal immigration and visa abuse in all its forms.”
Hahahahaha okay, that one’s pretty good, I hadn’t seen that statement before
I will note that the Minister of Home Affairs is Leon Schreiber, a milquetoast middle-aged white Afrikaner man, so hopefully it will be more difficult for American right-wingers to demagogue against him than a character like Julius Malema