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How Trump’s ‘white preference’ saw 7,727 SA ‘refugees’ enter US while resident immigrants sidelined

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Caryn Dolley
How Trump’s ‘white preference’ saw 7,727 SA ‘refugees’ enter US while resident immigrants sidelined
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The article alleges that the Trump administration prioritized the entry of South African Afrikaners into the US refugee program while sidelining other applicants. It cites high denial rates for others and diplomatic tensions surrounding the administration's specific immigration focus.

Of the 7,730 people who entered the United States as ‘refugees’ over several months, all but three were from South Africa. This was while immigrants from other countries, already legally in America, have had to turn to a court to get immigration benefits – their case reiterates how US President Donald Trump has prioritised white Afrikaners.

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