'A clear message': 4 reactions to the US resettling Afrikaners from South Africa

The first group of Afrikaners from South Africa to arrive for resettlement listen to remarks from U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Troy Edgar after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, on May 12, 2025.

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 By CP Staff - Posted at The Christian Post:

Published May 14, 2025

The Trump administration has recently taken steps to resettle small numbers of white South Africans in the United States, claiming that the black-led South African government is engaging in anti-white policies.

In February, the Trump administration labeled Afrikaners, a people group that descended mostly from Dutch settlers who arrived in South Africa in the 1600s, as refugees following an executive order and accused the South African government of passing a law allowing for the seizure of their agricultural properties without proper compensation.

The announcement drew pushback from Christian refugee advocates who have criticized the Trump administration for halting the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and leaving tens of thousands of refugees from other countries already approved to resettle in the United States in limbo.

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