Little Marco amplifies the dog whistle

Marco Rubio Just Made A Claim About Immigration That’s One Heck Of A ‘Dog Whistle,’ Experts Say

Secretary of State Marco Rubio just made a comment about immigration that sounded like a dog whistle, according to academics who study migration and race.

Under questioning from Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Tuesday, Rubio said the United States is giving white South Africans a privileged immigration pathway because they have a “high likelihood of assimilation.”

Meng asked Rubio about the Trump administration’s decision to raise the refugee cap from 7,500 to 17,500 ― but only for Afrikaners, South Africa’s White minority, whom the administration says face racial persecution, a claim the South African government disputes.

President Donald Trump has “rolled out the red carpet” for white South Africans, Meng said, contrasting that policy with the treatment of roughly 1,100 Afghans who assisted U.S. forces during the war in Afghanistan and have been stranded in Qatar for more than a year. The administration has reportedly considered resettling that group to the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo rather than allowing them into the U.S. The DRC is also grappling with an Ebola outbreak.

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