Afrikaners given top priority refugee status by the United States.
Apparently, they have suffered horrible persecution.
Link: https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5391815/first-afrikaners-granted-refugee-status-due-to-arrive-in-u-s
Replies to: Afrikaners given top priority refugee status by the United States.
Quite a bit of editorializing on your part, unsurprisingly.
I'm so sorry that applicants -- 54 of them -- who followed the legal procedure and have been vetted were granted refuge.
Nope.
Excerpt:
Refugees can often wait years in camps around the world before they are processed and approved to travel to the United States. Before the first Trump administration, refugee resettlement took an average of 18 to 24 months, according to the American Immigration Council, an advocacy group for immigrants. Many refugees must wait years longer.
The Afrikaners, however, had to wait no more than three months.
The arrival of the white South Africans comes after Mr. Trump signed an executive order suspending refugee admissions when he came into office. Then, in February, Mr. Trump created an exception for the resettlement of Afrikaners, while also cutting all U.S. financial assistance to South Africa.
Mark Hetfield, the president of HIAS, a Jewish resettlement agency, said his organization was committed to welcoming Afrikaners.
“But we are profoundly disturbed that the administration has slammed the door in the face of thousands of other refugees approved by D.H.S. months ago, notwithstanding courts ordering the White House to let many of them in,” Mr. Hetfield said, referring to the Department of Homeland Security. “That’s just not right.”
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/world/africa/trump-afrikaner-refugees.html
Ah, so you borrowed from the N.Y. times with your slant on it. Got it.
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OK. How about the White House as a source?
In February, Trump suspended USARP, established by Congress as part of 1980 refugee act -- designed to resettle the most vulnerable refugees in America.
The Afrikaners are the exception.
Link: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/realigning-the-united-states-refugee-admissions-program/
You're burying your premise.
You clearly seem to dispute that they have legitimate asylum claims and needs. If that's the case, run with it - I don't have time to do the research at the moment. There are credible stories of what has gone on to farmers and such in South Africa. I don't know the details of the asylum claims of these 54 people. But I'm willing to wager that they're as worthy as the gang members you people flew in over the last 4 years.
The premise is clearly stated in the subject line starting the thread.
You pretended that the Afrikaners were NOT given priority by the White House, when they clearly were as reflected in my posts throughout this thread.
It's OK jakers to acknowledge that you were mistaken or just wrong.
I didn't pretend a damn thing.
You clearly implied that white immigrants were bypassing the same scrutiny and vetting that all of our immigration applicants are subject to and that they don't have valid claims. You know what you did, don't try to spin it.
The immigrants in this case were vetted and did nothing illegal. Priority status is not illegal.
You don't have a case here counselor. Dismissed.
This thread is about policy, not a question of law as to Trump's executive authority.
Do you agree with Trump's decisions to (1) suspend our nation's global refugee resettlement program in place since 1980, and (2) exempt only Afrikaners, expediting their journey to the United States?
Of course the issue is legality. If they did nothing illegal then what are you complaining about?
A policy decision? If you can prove damages then go sue Trump in court. Otherwise you look silly
bitching about something with no proven
damages.
They are specifically invited to come despite the EO.
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So legal immigration was requested and granted, they didn’t jump the line &sneak in illegally?
They waited just like the other applicants andrespected our laws while we evaluated the legitimacy and severity of their request.
Race was not considered one way nor another….no DEI.
That sounds like the right way to do things.
I’m glad others waiting through the legal process were not disregarded and simply bypassed while these applicants could be vetted for criminals to protect our citizens and for need wrt expedition.
Acorn, DEI, trans, gay, woke, war on Christmas, war on Catholics, and more. You have fear wrapped up
in little packages to keep all you MAGAmorons pacing. Remarkable. Boogeymen everywhere.
You got it...the threads that link all MAGAs are Fear, Anger and Hatred...along with a complete
absence of Empathy for anyone who is not White, Straight or Christian...even fellow Christians aren't welcome if they are of a different color or support those who are marginalized...like the LGBTQ Children of God.
TDS with no ability to even address the important point. Just hate.
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I C, your war on fellow Americans is my tds! You’re so far up trump’s culo there’s no daylight.
You’re one despicable jackass.
Did BVZ steal your lunch money?
Good God man, that's a helluva wack-ass rant.
How long did they wait?
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This is how Mango treats other refugees who look different.
Love how mother's of toddlers are up there with "getting the worst out first" Fuck this Gestapo
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ICE is a truly despicable agency especially under Homan.
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All migrants are created the same!
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Link: https://thecritic.co.uk/germany-is-acknowledging-the-unspeakable/
In unrelated news, an Afrikaner has been advising Trump
And I find it shocking that white people are receiving preferential treatment by the administration. It’s almost like there’s a pattern.
The suggestion that Afrikaners are being exploited somehow is laughable.
White people can't be refugees? Das racist.
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