(AURN News) — Despite President Donald Trump’s strong anti-immigration stance during his second term, a report from The Washington Post claims the United States is making an exception for one group: white South Africans.
According to the Post, a State Department plane carrying at least 60 white South Africans was expected to arrive Monday. The newspaper reports that, so far, white South Africans are the only group welcomed into the U.S. under the Trump administration’s current policies.
The Post also states: “No South Africans of any race, ethnicity or linguistic group were vetted by the United Nations as meeting its criteria to be resettled as refugees.”
This news comes as South Africa‘s Black-led government recently passed the 2024 Expropriation Act. The legislation aims to reclaim land believed to have been taken from Black South Africans by white colonizers—often without financial compensation. Officials say the law addresses longstanding racism and discrimination.
Colonization in South Africa began in the 1650s with the arrival of white Dutch settlers. Apartheid—the state-enforced system of racial segregation and oppression—ended in 1994.
Refugee status is typically reserved for individuals facing life-threatening conditions or persecution.
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