00:00The Trump administration is slashing the number of refugees allowed into the United States
00:06and is prioritizing white South Africans.
00:09The new cap for 2026 drops from 125,000 under Biden to just 7,500,
00:17most of them reserved for members of South Africa's white Afrikaner minority.
00:21Washington says Afrikaners face discrimination, land seizures,
00:25and race-based violence under South Africa's black-led government,
00:29claims that Pretoria calls completely false.
00:33So far, about 400 Afrikaners have already been relocated under a fast-track program that began earlier this year.
00:41Critics say the move is racially motivated and ignores other global crises.
00:46Afrikaners once led South Africa's apartheid regime.
00:49Today they make up less than 5% of the population and remain active across society.
00:55President Trump signed an executive order accusing South Africa of rights abuses
01:00and ordering U.S. agencies to prioritize Afrikaner resettlement.
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