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2026-02-27 -Land of the Free
US aims to bring in 4,500 white South Africans per month as refugees, document says
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Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-27 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1850 views ]  Top

1 LOL this will confusticate and perplex the woke crowd. Admitting the sons and daughters of apartheid as refugees is going to break their brains.
(1) America is an immigrant country
(2) We must offer sanctuary to people fleeing genocide
(3) Don't let them in because of their skin color!
This will be very, very amusing.
Best of all South Africa legally recognizes three categories: white, Black and colored (mixed race).
It's on their national ID cards. The Blacks and coloreds aren't being genocided but they DO get special privileges like government jobs, favorable loans, etc.
I've been around white South Africans, they're all right. They like barbecue and beef jerky, what's not to like?
Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2026-02-27 00:41||   2026-02-27 00:41|| Front Page Top

2 Another twin failure of diplomacy and politics. An unfortunate scenario we've seen play out a time or two before. Giving them a new homeland seems entirely appropriate.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-02-27 01:09||   2026-02-27 01:09|| Front Page Top

3 Paywall?

Summary
White House aims to process 4,500 white South Africans monthly, exceeding stated refugee goals
US plans modular village for refugee processing on embassy property in South Africa
US refugee admissions paused through March 9 due to administrative backlogs, source says

WASHINGTON/JOHANNESBURG, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. aims to process 4,500 refugee applications from white South Africans per month, far above President Donald Trump's stated refugee program cap, and is installing trailers on embassy property in Pretoria to support the effort, a U.S. contracting document said.
The new target, contained in a previously unreported document from the U.S. State Department dated January 27, signals a push to ramp up admissions from South Africa, while refugee applications from other areas have been severely curtailed.
Trump has said the U.S. would only admit 7,500 total refugees from around the world in fiscal year 2026, while a much higher cap of 40,000 to 60,000 was discussed internally last year. Only 2,000 white South Africans had entered the U.S. as refugees as of January 31 under a program launched in May 2025, although the pace has picked up in recent months.
The ambitious target could also face administrative delays in Washington, which in recent weeks have halted all refugee travel to the U.S., including white South Africans, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
The U.S. State Department and Department of Homeland Security did not respond to requests for comment. The White House referred questions to the State Department.
The South African Chamber of Commerce in the U.S. said last year that more than 67,000 people had expressed interest in relocating.
Trump ordered a halt to refugee admissions into the U.S. after taking office in 2025 as part of his crackdown on legal and illegal immigration. But weeks later, he launched an effort to bring in white South Africans of Afrikaner ethnicity as refugees, saying they had been violently persecuted in the majority-Black country. South Africa's government has rejected that claim, while some refugee advocates have criticized the Trump policy.
U.S. SEES URGENT NEED FOR REFUGEE PROCESSING SITE
The contracting document, posted to a U.S. government database on Wednesday, explains the rationale for awarding the contract for the trailers without a competitive bidding process, stressing an urgent need for a secure site.
An immigration raid by South African authorities on a previous U.S. refugee processing site on a commercial property in Johannesburg had forced the government to consider a more secure location, it said, after "operations were compromised."
"The inability to safely process about 4,500 applicants per month, an objective communicated to (the U.S. State Department's refugee division) from the White House, would result in failure to meet a Presidential priority," the document said.
South African Foreign Ministry spokesperson Chrispin Phiri said his government would not interfere with the U.S. program if it remained within legal boundaries, while reiterating Pretoria's rejection of Trump's claims about white South Africans.
"The assertion that Afrikaners face systemic persecution is fundamentally unsubstantiated," he said.
Whether the U.S. could reach the ambitious 4,500 per month target remains unclear. The State Department last week canceled all refugee travel - including for South Africans - from February 23 to March 9 due to operational factors, an email sent to applicants said.
Because of Trump's sweeping refugee ban issued in January 2025, South Africans must be admitted as exceptions on a case-by-case basis by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
The U.S. official, who requested anonymity to discuss internal operations, said DHS had delayed the approvals, creating an administrative backlog.
Prior to the pause on admissions, South African entries had been ramping up, with about 1,500 admitted in December and January, compared with about 500 in the previous six and a half months, according to U.S. State Department figures.
AFTER PUBLIC U.S.-SOUTH AFRICA TENSIONS, A PRIVATE AGREEMENT
Tensions between the U.S. and South Africa over the refugee effort boiled over in mid-December when South African authorities raided the commercial building in Johannesburg where U.S. staff and contractors were working on refugee cases.
Seven Kenyans working as contractors for a U.S.-based refugee group were arrested for alleged violations of their visa terms, while two U.S. refugee officers were briefly detained.
U.S. and South African officials reached an agreement during a closed-door meeting in late December to allow processing to continue, Reuters reported last month.
The contracting document said a South African company had received a no-bid $772,000 contract to supply and install 14 prefabricated modular buildings as part of a "temporary modular village" on an embassy property in Pretoria.
In a WhatsApp group for South Africans to share information about the program, one applicant said they had an interview this week in a trailer-like structure at an embassy property and that more trailers were being prepared, suggesting the site was now operational.
Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-27 06:50||   2026-02-27 06:50|| Front Page Top

4 Need to have an expedited program in place for those soon to be escaping England, Scotland, and Wales.
Posted by Procopius2k 2026-02-27 07:03||   2026-02-27 07:03|| Front Page Top

5 Thanks SKID.
Posted by Besoeker 2026-02-27 07:04||   2026-02-27 07:04|| Front Page Top

6 an expedited program in place

The Trump Gold Card is Here.
Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-27 07:50||   2026-02-27 07:50|| Front Page Top

7 
One can only imagine, how the leftwing media & the LSD's will try and twist the headlines, facts, and the narrative.
Posted by NN2N1 2026-02-27 08:28||   2026-02-27 08:28|| Front Page Top

8 ^ Some, apparently, are simply blocking content.
Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-27 08:47||   2026-02-27 08:47|| Front Page Top

9 but...but... they talk funny...
Posted by Mercutio 2026-02-27 09:12||   2026-02-27 09:12|| Front Page Top

10 I have an idea. Now hear me out. First, we settle them in Springfield, Ohio.
Posted by Super Hose 2026-02-27 10:09||   2026-02-27 10:09|| Front Page Top

11 Using federal imminent domain to seize property and resettle them in Martha's Vineyard would be the ultimate Trump flex from the shitposter-in-chief.
Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2026-02-27 11:53||   2026-02-27 11:53|| Front Page Top

12 ^ Uh huh. Eminent Domain would have to have a specific project and need to justify. Nice try.
Posted by Frank G 2026-02-27 12:20||   2026-02-27 12:20|| Front Page Top

13 Many white South Africans are farmers. They’ll want to do the same here, so stake them a downpayment and get out of their way. The rest will find work in their various professions — they already speak the language well enough, and will be able to present resumés, so in a tightish job market they’ll be fine.

And it’s not as if they’ll be penniless when they arrive, so they won’t even need help paying the rent until gainfully employed.
Posted by trailing wife 2026-02-27 12:50||   2026-02-27 12:50|| Front Page Top

14 
They can read English.
Can they drive trucks?
Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-27 12:55||   2026-02-27 12:55|| Front Page Top

15 White Legal (Greatful) Immigrants??!!

I didn't think it was possible.
Posted by Hellfish 2026-02-27 13:18||   2026-02-27 13:18|| Front Page Top

16 Yes, but can they Rap?
Posted by ed in texas 2026-02-27 13:46||   2026-02-27 13:46|| Front Page Top

17 Can they rap? I saw a live video of Hassids rapping on a stage in Times Square recently, an activity for their annual international youth get-together after the kids were stuck for an extra few days because of the snow.

If even Hassids with their side curls and black coats can rap…
Posted by trailing wife 2026-02-27 14:03||   2026-02-27 14:03|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-02-27 15:13||   2026-02-27 15:13|| Front Page Top

19 Many white South Africans are farmers.

Plenty of abandoned farm lands in the US. Time for the second Homestead Act?
Posted by Procopius2k 2026-02-27 15:45||   2026-02-27 15:45|| Front Page Top

20 Rather have them on farms by US Mil Security facilities than CCP
Posted by Frank G 2026-02-27 18:48||   2026-02-27 18:48|| Front Page Top

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21:09 Anomalous Sources
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20:05 Hellfish
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17:43 trailing wife
16:51 Secret Master
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