White South Africans landed in the United States first Trump refugee

tSince Donald Trump became president, he has brought a group of refugees to the United States. On his first day in office, he suspended all refugee admissions in the United States, a resettlement program that thousands fear persecution and violence. Eighteen days later, he declared the exception to "White South Africans", who "are victims of unjust racial discrimination."

On Monday, the United States welcomed a chartered aircraft carrying about 50 Afrikaans, marking a new phase in the U.S. refugee program that looks different from what it was before. Trump's order specifically mentions the Afrikaans, mainly descended from Dutch colonial settlers who arrived in South Africa in the 1600s and controlled the country through a racial separation law called the Apartheid Act.

Shortly after their plane landed at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, Virginia, outside Washington, DC, South Africans stood in front of news cameras, holding American flags, and were welcomed by Trump administration officials. "You really welcome you here, and we respect what you have to deal with in the past few years," said Secretary of State Christopher Landau. Landau calls Africa "quality seeds" and they will "flower" in the United States, "As you know, I think a lot of people are farmers, right-when you have good seeds you can put them in foreign soil and they will blossom. They will blossom. They will blossom," Landau told the family. “We are delighted to welcome you to our country and we think you will blossom.”

Trump’s response to South African law for South Africans has partially stimulated Trump’s efforts to address the concentration of agricultural land in the hands of white South Africans.

"The farmers are being killed," Trump said on Monday. "They happen to be white, but both white and black have no effect on me. But white farmers are brutally killed and their land is confiscated in South Africa."

South African officials insist that Trump's allegations against persecuted South African farmers are unfounded. "South African Police Statistics on Farm-related Crimes do not support allegations of violent crimes against farmers or any particular race," the country's Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation said in a recent statement. "South Africa has sufficient structure to address the concerns of discrimination. In addition, even if there are allegations of discrimination, we do not believe that these discriminations meet the persecution thresholds required by domestic and international refugee law."

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller told reporters Friday that the first flight from South Africa was part of a “massive relocation effort” and said South Africans in South Africa were facing a “textbook definition suitable for why to create a refugee program.” Another major Trump ally, Elon Musk, was born in South Africa and urged the United States to do more to protect South Africans from the “white genocide” described on X platform.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees usually examines refugees entering the United States, who usually flee people who flee persecution and violence to safer countries such as the United States, such as the arrival of South Africa.

On Monday, the Bishop Church rejected the Trump administration's request to relocate the Afrikaan Dutch in the United States, while the Protestant Church has worked with the federal government through the Bishop Immigration Department through the Bishop Immigration Department for forty years to help newcomers find jobs and residences in the United States. "This is a group of favored people who have painfully accepted many favored attitudes in many areas, with a competitive attitude, and other favored attitudes, which are a preference for many people, and they have encountered favored attitudes. Bishop Sean W. Row, Bishop of the Bishop Church. W. Rowe wrote that since January, the U.S. refugee enrollment program has been “basically closed” and he “feels sad and ashamed” that many refugees deny access to the U.S., serving in Iraq and Afghanistan with the U.S. military, and are now at risk at home due to their services. “Jesus told us that we should care for the poor and vulnerable people, we must care for him, and we must follow this command.”

New refugees in the Trump administration have dropped sharply this year. The Biden administration accepted 100,034 people in the fiscal year 2024 ended in September through its refugee program. This is from 60,014 in 2023 and 25,465 in 2022. In the fiscal year 2024, the largest refugee group (34,017) (34,017) (34,017 from Africa), 7,540 from Africa, followed by Asia, followed by 3,180 from Europe and Central Asia, from Latin America and 10 feet of shops and 10,10,33, 5,106 from Europe and Central Asia, and provided from 5,106. Refugee enrollment plan.

Bill Frelick, director of the Department of Human Rights for Refugees and Immigration Rights, said the Trump administration’s decision to limit refugee enrollment to dozens of South Africans has undermined the United States for decades that welcomed those in need. "It conveys a message that unless you are a member of a favored privileged group in the United States, the door is completely unto you," Frick said.

Frelick noted that the United Nations has a system to determine which refugees are "most risky and need to be resettled." By ignoring this, he said, the Trump administration “sets a terrible example for the rest of the world.”