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The Trump administration is doubling down on efforts to resettle White Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees in the U.S., proposing to increase the government's refugee cap to welcome thousands more of them, according to a State Department plan sent to Congress and obtained by CBS News.
The administration has effectively closed the U.S. refugee program for most nationalities, except Afrikaners from South Africa, arguing they're the victims of racial oppression for being White. The South African government has denied persecuting the ethnic minority, composed of descendants of European settlers, mostly from the Netherlands.
Now, the State Department says there's an "emergency refugee situation" that warrants more admissions of Afrikaners before the end of the fiscal year. The department told Congress it wants to increase the refugee cap from 7,500 to 17,500, and to offer the 10,000 additional spots to Afrikaners.
The admission of 10,000 additional Afrikaners would cost around $100 million, the State Department said in its proposal.
In that plan, the department argued that Afrikaners have faced "escalating hostility," including critical statements by politicians and a December raid by South African authorities on a U.S. refugee processing center. At the time, South African officials said they had arrested Kenyans who were working at the center illegally, but the U.S. condemned the raid.
The U.S. resettled 6,069 refugees between October 2025 and the end of last month, with officials using most of the 7,500 record-low spots allocated by President Trump last year. State Department figures show 6,066 — or 99% — of the refugees were from South Africa, while the other three hailed from Afghanistan.
Those claims are heavily disputed. Earlier this year, "60 Minutes" spoke with Afrikaners who rejected the notion that White people are facing a "genocide,"
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The administration has effectively closed the U.S. refugee program for most nationalities, except Afrikaners from South Africa, arguing they're the victims of racial oppression for being White. The South African government has denied persecuting the ethnic minority, composed of descendants of European settlers, mostly from the Netherlands.
Now, the State Department says there's an "emergency refugee situation" that warrants more admissions of Afrikaners before the end of the fiscal year. The department told Congress it wants to increase the refugee cap from 7,500 to 17,500, and to offer the 10,000 additional spots to Afrikaners.
The admission of 10,000 additional Afrikaners would cost around $100 million, the State Department said in its proposal.
In that plan, the department argued that Afrikaners have faced "escalating hostility," including critical statements by politicians and a December raid by South African authorities on a U.S. refugee processing center. At the time, South African officials said they had arrested Kenyans who were working at the center illegally, but the U.S. condemned the raid.
The U.S. resettled 6,069 refugees between October 2025 and the end of last month, with officials using most of the 7,500 record-low spots allocated by President Trump last year. State Department figures show 6,066 — or 99% — of the refugees were from South Africa, while the other three hailed from Afghanistan.
Those claims are heavily disputed. Earlier this year, "60 Minutes" spoke with Afrikaners who rejected the notion that White people are facing a "genocide,"
Trump admin. proposes admitting thousands more Afrikaners to U.S. as refugees
The Trump administration is doubling down on efforts to resettle White Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees, proposing to increase the government's refugee cap to welcome thousands more of them, a...
