The man is clearly not actually concerned about immigrants — if they are #WhiteSupremacists

#Trump Officials Seek to Bring First #White #Afrikaner *Refugees* to #US Next Week

The rapid relocation of the #Afrikaners, who Trump claims have been *racially persecuted* in #SouthAfrica, stands in stark contrast to the virtual shutdown of all other #refugee admissions.

#law #immigration #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/world/africa/trump-afrikaner-refugees.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=E88A0B69-EB75-4766-8170-CF68D3020F53

The #Trump admin is working to bring the first group of #white #SouthAfricans it has classified as *#refugees* to the #UnitedStates early next week, acc/to ofcls briefed on the plans & documents obtained by NYT.

Although Trump halted virtually all other #refugee admissions shortly after he took office in Jan, his admin hastily put together a program to allow in white South Africans, who he claims have been the victims of racial persecution in their country.

#law #immigration #WhiteSupremacy

The arrival of the #Afrikaners would cement #Trump’s efforts to upend a program that for decades has allowed thousands of people fleeing #war, #famine & #NaturalDisaster to find safe haven in the #UnitedStates.

While the program remains suspended for #refugees across the world, such as #Congolese families in #refugee camps & #Rohingya seeking safety, #white #SouthAfricans were processed much faster than is normal for these cases.

#law #immigration #WhiteSupremacy

The #Trump admin plans to send government officials to Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia for an event marking the arrival of the #SouthAfricans, who belong to the #white minority #Afrikaner ethnic group, acc/to the memo from #HHS. The admin initially planned to welcome the #Afrikaners on Monday, but some officials familiar w/the matter cautioned that the plans remained in flux, subject to flight logistics & processing of the group.

#law #immigration #WhiteSupremacy

#Refugees can often wait years in camps around the world before they are processed & approved to travel to the #UnitedStates. Before the first #Trump admin, #refugee resettlement took an average of 18 to 24 months, acc/to the American #Immigration Council, an advocacy group for immigrants. Many refugees must wait years longer.

The #white #Afrikaners, however, had to wait no more than 3 months.

#law #WhiteSupremacy

…#Trump’s support of #Afrikaners dates back to his first term. But this year he came to their side after [#ElonMusk posted about] #SouthAfrica’s president enacted a #law allowing the govt to seize land from private owners w/o providing compensation in rare instances.

Supporters of such measures say they are necessary to undo the vestiges of #colonialism & #apartheid, when the #white-minority govt brutally repressed #Black South Africans & drove them off their land.

#immigration #WhiteSupremacy

#SouthAfrica’s govt has sparred w/ #Trump & his ofcls, saying that they are spreading #misinformation [#disinformation].

Within weeks of announcing that #Afrikaners would be eligible for #refugee status, the admin deployed teams to #Pretoria …to screen #white #SouthAfricans for consideration, acc/to the documents obtained by NYT. The teams studied >8k requests from people expressing interest in becoming #refugees, & the US govt identified 100 Afrikaners who potentially could be approved.

#law

…The #resettlement of #refugees is normally funded in large part by the #State Dept. But #Trump suspended that program….

So the admin will be relying more on another agency that has traditionally supported refugees: a refugee office in #HHS. That office has been reaching out to organizations assisting the #white refugees in recent days to prepare them for the arrival of the #Afrikaners, according to a department memo obtained by NYT.

#law #immigration #WhiteSupremacy

Advocates for #refugees said the rapid mobilization to resettle the #Afrikaners highlighted the #Trump admin’s inaction on other refugees, sometimes in the face of #CourtOrders.

“Thousands of refugees from across the globe remain stranded in limbo despite being fully vetted & approved for travel, including #Afghan #allies, religious minorities & other populations facing extreme #violence & persecution,” said Timothy Young, a spox for #GlobalRefuge, a resettlement agency.

#law #immigration

🚨🚨The #Trump admin is preparing to help the #Afrikaners find “temporary or longer-term #housing” & “basic #HomeFurnishings, essential household items & cleaning #supplies,” acc/to the memo. The admin is also planning to help the Afrikaners secure “#groceries, weather-appropriate #clothing, #diapers, #formula, hygiene products & prepaid #phones that support the day-to-day #wellbeing of households,” the memo said.

🤯
[just think about the treatment of non-#white immigrants]
#law #immigration

…Earlier this wk, a federal judge ordered the #Trump admin to lift the #ban on #refugees who were cleared for travel before Trump took office & give them the opportunity to finally enter the country.

The rapid arrival of #Afrikaners “flies in the face of the govt’s claims that they aren’t able to process already-approved refugees, even after multiple courts have ordered them to do so immediately,” said Melissa Keaney, snr supervising atty at the International Refugee Assistance Project…

#law

The #Trump government has officially granted 54 #Afrikaans #SouthAfricans, #white descendants of mainly Dutch colonizers, #refugee status & they are expected to land in the #US on Monday May 12, three sources with knowledge of the matter have told NPR.

#law #immigration #Afrikaners #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5391815/first-afrikaners-granted-refugee-status-due-to-arrive-in-u-s

“Although these costs are not as high as in dictatorships like Russia—where critics are routinely imprisoned, exiled or killed—America has, w/stunning speed, descended into a world in which opponents of the government #fear #criminal investigations, #lawsuits, #TaxAudits & other punitive measures & even #Republican politicians are, as one fmr #Trump admin ofcl put it, 'scared' out of their minds 'about death threats.'”

#AmericanAutocracy

“…Remarkably, these attacks against opponents & the media have occurred w/even greater speed & force than equivalent actions taken by elected autocrats in Hungary, India, Turkey or Venezuela during their first years in office.”

“…For many American citizens & organizations, then, the cost of #opposition has risen markedly.

#Trump #AmericanAutocracy

“…The administration’s #authoritarian offensive has had a clear impact. It has changed how Americans behave, forcing them to think twice about engaging in what should be constitutionally protected #opposition. Consequently, many of the politicians & societal organizations that should serve as watchdogs & checks on the executive are silencing themselves or retreating to the sidelines.”

#Trump #AmericanAutocracy

#GiftArticle

“When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face govt #retribution, they no longer live in a full #democracy.

“By that measure, #America has crossed the line into competitive #authoritarianism. The #Trump administration’s #WeaponizationOfGovernment agencies & flurry of punitive actions against critics has raised the cost of opposition for a wide range of Americans.”

#law #USpol #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/opinion/trump-authoritarianism-democracy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Fk8.FdrP.pvuxCrXOS6Fj&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#Trump’s US #Customs & #Border Protection
Quietly Revokes Protections for #PregnantWomen & #Infants

#CBP's acting commissioner has rescinded 4 #Biden-era policies that aimed to protect vulnerable people in the agency's custody, including #mothers, #babies, & the #elderly.

#immigration #law #HumanRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://archive.is/2025.05.08-221934/https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-rescinds-policies-on-care-of-pregnant-women-infants/

Charges of #SexTrafficking against 2 real estate brokers & their brother have been expanded to now include 6 victims, including an #underage girl, per a superseding #indictment.

Oren & Tal #Alexander —who reigned over the luxury real estate markets in both #Miami & #NewYork, as well Oren’s twin Alon Alexander—were initially indicted in NYC in Dec & accused of sex trafficking 2 victims by #force, #fraud or #coercion.

#AlexanderBrothers #law #ViolenceAgainstWomen
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/realestate/alexander-brothers-charges-sex-crimes.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=B68318B9-D5A3-47E0-9A28-CA6C2C072027

Last month, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte, a #Trump appointee, sent a letter to the #DOJ alleging #NYAG #LeticiaJames “falsified records” to obtain favorable loans on a home she purchased in 2023 in Virginia & Brooklyn, the New York Post reported.

In a stmnt, James' lawyer Abbe Lowell called the allegations "baseless & long-discredited."

#law #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment

#RevengePolitics

#FBI probes #NYAG #TishJames over *mortgage fraud* allegations

The FBI has opened a #criminal investigation into mortgage fraud allegations against #NewYork Attorney General #LetitiaJames, who #Trump has publicly targeted because she pursued legal action against him, several US media outlets reported on Thurs.

#law #dictatorship #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-probes-new-york-ag-james-over-mortgage-fraud-allegations-media-reports-2025-05-08/