Senator Chris Van Hollen criticized the Trump administration’s decision to accept white South African refugees fleeing race-based violence, calling it part of a “sick global apartheid policy.” His comments followed the arrival of 49 Afrikaners—descendants of Dutch settlers—at Dulles International Airport on Monday, with the group set to resettle across ten states.
The Trump administration is moving forward with a refugee resettlement program that will bring white Afrikaners from South Africa to the United States, citing racial persecution and discrimination as the basis for their relocation.
the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Trump administration authority to halt the approval of new refugee admissions into the United States, pending the outcome of ongoing litigation.
