A second group of white South Africans has arrived in the United States under a refugee program announced by the Trump administration, officials and advocacy groups said Monday.
Nine people, including families, arrived late last week, said Jaco Kleynhans, head of international liaison at the Solidarity Movement, a group representing members of South Africa’s white Afrikaner minority. The group traveled on a commercial flight to Atlanta, he said.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy said in an email to The Associated Press that “refugees continue to arrive in the United States from South Africa on commercial flights as part of the Afrikaner resettlement program’s ongoing operations.”
An initial group of 59 white South Africans arrived at Dulles International Airport in Virginia on a chartered flight last month under the new program announced by U.S. President Donald Trump in February. The Trump administration fast-tracked the resettlement of white South Africans after indefinitely suspending other U.S. refugee programs.
The Trump administration said it is offering refugee status to white South Africans it alleges are being persecuted by their Black-led government and are victims of racially motivated violence. The South African government has denied the allegations and said they are a mischaracterization of the country.
The U.S. Embassy spokesperson said the U.S. “continues to review inquiries from individuals who have expressed interest to the embassy in resettling to the United States and is reaching out to eligible individuals for refugee interviews and processing.”
While U.S. officials have not said how many South Africans have applied to be relocated, Kleynhans said there have been around 8,000 applications. Another group helping white South Africans apply for refugee status has said tens of thousands have applied.
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Meanwhile the admin is trying to deport people back to literal war torn and extremely dangerous places.
They try to deport people back to Haiti despite it practically not having a functional government or law enforcement.
This shit is infuriating.
Lmao. As an immigrant, let me tell you: this is not how immigration works. You don’t get sent a chartered plane to ferry your ass to America. Immigration ain’t a vacation. For the vast majority of immigrants, life has to get to a certain level of unbearable for you to decide to take on all the stress, all the uncertainty, all the risk to go to a whole another country and start life over from zero. If you can wait for a private plane that comes with guaranteed legal status to do it, you haven’t reached the point that prompts immigration, let alone the status of a “refugee.”
This is immigration on easy mode. Kinda fitting that it’s white people. Lol.