Trump administration weighing annual refugee cap of 40,000, 75% set aside for white Afrikaners
Exclusive-Trump administration weighing refugee cap of 40,000 with focus on white South Africans
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-trump-administration-weighing-refugee-100721410.html
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.
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What happened to the Afrikaners that Trump bought over at American taxpayer expense? Are there more?
Are they successful or are they living off the gov't teat?
They arrived feeling ENTITLED.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220387776
Chickens coming home to roost: " Afrikaner 'refugee' family 'stranded' in US" ... only 59?
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