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BumRushDaShow

(160,105 posts) Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:16 PM Aug 15

Exclusive: Trump administration weighing refugee cap of 40,000 with focus on white South Africans

Source: Reuters

August 15, 2025 7:31 AM EDT Updated 10 hours ago

WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is discussing a refugee admissions cap of around 40,000 for the coming year with a majority allocated to white South Africans, according to two U.S. officials briefed on the matter and an internal refugee program email, reflecting a major shift in the U.S. approach to refugees.

Angie Salazar, the top refugee program official at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, told state-level refugee workers that she expected the cap to be 40,000, according to an email summary of an August 1 meeting reviewed by Reuters.

The two officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said some 30,000 of the 40,000 spaces would be devoted to Afrikaners, a largely Dutch-descended minority in South Africa that Trump has prioritized for resettlement.
Trump's focus on resettling Afrikaners could upend the precedent around the refugee program, which for decades had bipartisan support.

The 40,000-person cap would be a sharp drop from the 100,000 refugees brought in by former President Joe Biden in fiscal year 2024, but higher than the record-low 15,000 person ceiling Trump set for fiscal 2021 before ending his first term. A separate person familiar with the matter said that in addition to the 40,000 figure, a cap as low as 12,000 had also been discussed.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/trump-administration-weighing-refugee-cap-40000-with-focus-white-south-africans-2025-08-15/

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Exclusive: Trump administration weighing refugee cap of 40,000 with focus on white South Africans (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 15 OP

Why would we want white south Africans here? Srkdqltr Aug 15 #1

Are they gonna be deported if they commit crimes?.................. Lovie777 Aug 15 #2

No. Not a chance. Fuck that shit. Paladin Aug 15 #3

Ironically, Trump sacked experienced refugee administrators, and is now appealing for Black Africans from a charity muriel_volestrangler Aug 15 #4

..."We are concerned that the U.S. Government has chosen to fast-track the admission of Afrikaners, while actively fight riversedge Aug 16 #6

I doubt if there are 30,000 white South Africans who want to come to sinkingfeeling Aug 16 #5

30,000 White Afrikaners?!! Oh, Hell NO! electric_blue68 Aug 16 #7

Srkdqltr

(8,893 posts)

1. Why would we want white south Africans here?

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Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:19 PM

Aug 15

Lovie777

(20,228 posts)

2. Are they gonna be deported if they commit crimes?..................

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Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:25 PM

Aug 15

Paladin

(31,601 posts)

3. No. Not a chance. Fuck that shit.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:31 PM

Aug 15

A 40,000 cap on refugees, and 30,000 of them have to be white Afrikaners? Goddamn it to hell, NO! Might just as well revive the Confederate States of America and brace ourselves for another civil war. The very nerve of this filthy regime, for even proposing such a backwards, racist move. If trump and his goons prevail on this issue, we can officially designate this once-proud nation as no longer in existence. What's it going to be, Democrats?

muriel_volestrangler

(104,693 posts)

4. Ironically, Trump sacked experienced refugee administrators, and is now appealing for Black Africans from a charity

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:49 PM

Aug 15

to do the work his current lackeys can't - from the Reuters article:

The U.S. State Department laid off many refugee program staffers in major workforce reductions in July. To compensate for the fired staff, workers from HHS who normally deal with domestic refugee assistance have been reassigned to the South Africa program, one of the officials said.

Thirteen HHS staffers were dispatched to Pretoria on Monday even though the majority had no direct experience screening refugees, the official said.

https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2025/trump-administration-weighing-refugee-cap-of-40000-with-focus-on-white-south-africans/

Afrikaner refugee latest: Trump wants Kenyans to enter SA to assist

The US State of Department – under the guidance of President Donald Trump – is hoping to expedite a number of Kenyan nationals to South Africa to assist the refugee resettlement programme for applicants, many, if not all, of whom are white Afrikaners.
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According to the Daily Maverick, the US State Department is hoping to send 30 Kenyan nationals to South Africa to assist applicants in the refugee resettlement process.

Under the guidance of President Donald Trump, US authorities are appealing to South Africa to expedite the volunteers’ visas.

The Kenyan workers form part of the Resettlement Support Centre (RSC) Africa, which operates under the Church World Service, which is a partner of the US Refugee Admissions Programme (USRAP).

https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/afrikaner-refugee-latest-trump-wants-kenyans-to-enter-sa-to-assist/ar-AA1KzZV2

The most recent plea from the charity was "obey the law, and stop discriminating in favour of the Afrikaners":

As First Group of Afrikaners Prepares to Travel to the United States, CWS Urges Administration to Comply with Court Order to Resettle All Eligible Refugees
May 9, 2025

CWS today expressed deep concern over news that the Trump Administration will soon admit Afrikaners and other racial minorities from South Africa to the United States as refugees, while simultaneously delaying compliance with court orders to resume the life-saving refugee resettlement program. Earlier this week in Pacito v. Trump, the U.S. Government was ordered to process and provide resettlement support to approximately 12,000 refugees who were conditionally approved and had travel scheduled before January 20.
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“We are concerned that the U.S. Government has chosen to fast-track the admission of Afrikaners, while actively fighting court orders to provide life-saving resettlement to other refugee populations who are in desperate need of resettlement.

“By resettling this population, the Government is demonstrating that it still has the capacity to quickly screen, process, and depart refugees to the United States. It’s time for the Administration to honor our nation’s commitment to the thousands of refugee families it abandoned with its cruel and illegal executive order.”

“Despite the Administration’s actions, CWS remains committed to serving all eligible refugee populations seeking safety in the United States, including Afrikaners who are eligible for services. Our faith compels us to serve each person in our care with dignity and compassion.

https://cwsglobal.org/press-releases/as-first-group-of-afrikaners-prepares-to-travel-to-the-united-states-cws-urges-administration-to-comply-with-court-order-to-resettle-all-conditionally-approved-refugees/

You couldn't make it up (I'm assuming the Kenyans are Black - the vast majority are).

riversedge

(77,763 posts)

6. ..."We are concerned that the U.S. Government has chosen to fast-track the admission of Afrikaners, while actively fight

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #4)

Sat Aug 16, 2025, 10:42 AM

Aug 16

Trump is a racist as is his pal Skinner!!

https://cwsglobal.org/press-releases/as-first-group-of-afrikaners-prepares-to-travel-to-the-united-states-cws-urges-administration-to-comply-with-court-order-to-resettle-all-conditionally-approved-refugees/

...........“We are concerned that the U.S. Government has chosen to fast-track the admission of Afrikaners, while actively fighting court orders to provide life-saving resettlement to other refugee populations who are in desperate need of resettlement.

“By resettling this population, the Government is demonstrating that it still has the capacity to quickly screen, process, and depart refugees to the United States. It’s time for the Administration to honor our nation’s commitment to the thousands of refugee families it abandoned with its cruel and illegal executive order.”

“Despite the Administration’s actions, CWS remains committed to serving all eligible refugee populations seeking safety in the United States, including Afrikaners who are eligible for services. Our faith compels us to serve each person in our care with dignity and compassion.