Trump admin. proposes admitting thousands more Afrikaners to U.S. as refugees
The Trump administration is doubling down on efforts to resettle White Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees in the U.S., proposing to increase the government's refugee cap to welcome thousands more of them, according to a State Department plan sent to Congress and obtained by CBS News.
The administration has effectively closed the U.S. refugee program for most nationalities, except Afrikaners from South Africa, arguing they're the victims of racial oppression for being White. The South African government has denied persecuting the ethnic minority, composed of descendants of European settlers, mostly from the Netherlands.
Now, the State Department says there's an "emergency refugee situation" that warrants more admissions of Afrikaners before the end of the fiscal year. The department told Congress it wants to increase the refugee cap from 7,500 to 17,500, and to offer the 10,000 additional spots to Afrikaners.
The admission of 10,000 additional Afrikaners would cost around $100 million, the State Department said in its proposal.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-admin-proposes-admitting-thousands-012523316.html
Not enough home-grown racists I guess.
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