All posts tagged "South Africa"

The internet was in uproar on Thursday after a new Reuters report disclosed that the U.S. has planned to admit 4,500 applications from white South Africans as refugees.

The Trump administration has pushed to limit refugee applications from other countries. But an unreported State Department document from Jan. 27 revealed a new target for specifically white South Africans.

People sounded off on the Trump administration's move, questioning the decision. ...

A new report revealed Thursday that the U.S. has planned to admit 4,500 applications from white South Africans as refugees, according to Reuters.

The Trump administration has limited its refugee applications from other countries. This new target, according to an unreported U.S. State Department document from Jan. 27, showed a push to increase refugees from South Africa, Reuters reported.

"Trump has said the U.S. would only admit 7,500 total refugees from around the world in fiscal year 2026, while a much higher cap of 40,000 to 60,000 was discussed internally last year," according to Reuters. "Only 2,000 white South Africans had entered the U.S. as refugees as of January 31 under a program launched in May 2025, although the pace has picked up in recent months."...

A world leader Friday slammed President Donald Trump's move to exclude one country from the global summit G-20, explaining how it could have harmful repercussions in the future.

South Africa’s central bank governor, Lesetja Kganyago, criticized Trump's decision to make the international event invite-only next year in Miami and exclude South Africa, saying that "would set a damaging precedent," Bloomberg reported.

“The G-20 does not work like that. It’s a consensus forum,” Kganyago said....

WASHINGTON – Veteran members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) say the Trump administration has moved from offensive to straight racist with its decision to welcome white South Africans as refugees.

Amid continuing controversy over President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration by people of color, one senior Black House Democrat lamented “the most blatant show of white supremacy in America in the history of the world.”

“It is a slap in the face to every African American and every person in this country who believes in the rule of law,” added Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL), ahead of Congress’ Memorial Day recess. ...

Journalist Yamiche Alcindor with NBC News did not let up on White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt Thursday over claims of "white genocide" in South Africa — and she was mercilessly eviscerated for her efforts to get at the truth.

While pursuing an answer on President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claims of a "white genocide," Alcindor referenced President Donald Trump's Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa that more than one critic called an "ambush."

The two went back and forth, with Alcindor pressing for a satisfactory answer that never came. Instead, Leavitt accused Alcindor of engaging in a "ridiculous line of questioning." ...

The Sunday Times based in Johannesburg, South Africa, accused President Donald Trump of blindsiding the African nation's leader who arrived in Washington Wednesday for an Oval Office meeting.

"US president Donald Trump blindsided his counterpart President Cyril Ramaphosa during their meeting in the White House's Oval Office by playing a montage of video clips of EFF leader Julius Malema singing about killing white people," the Times published.

The EFF, or Economic Freedom Fighters, are described as a "South African Marxist–Leninist and pan-Africanist political party."...