Trump to admit 10,000 more white South Africans as ‘emergency’ refugees after racial violence claims
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-white-south-african-afrikaner-refugee-cap-b2983824.html
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Natanael@slrpnk.net · 62 pts · 70d
Except he's taking in the offenders
BestBouclettes@jlai.lu · 25 pts · 70d
That's the projection of "all immigrants are rapists and thugs".
otp@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 69d
... especially the ones "of African descent" or from Africa must be what they're going for?
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 70d
He's trying to import voters
dan1101@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 70d
All while encouraging racial violence in the USA.
Slashme@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 70d
What the article should have gone into in more detail is that this is utter nonsense, and that there are plenty of population groups across the world that are facing actual persecution, but of course that's of no interest at all to the MAGA crowd.
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 69d
Last time the south Africans moved back because they didn't find the American Society to be very livable by south African standards.
Which is saying a lot. America is a banana republic
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 69d
Immigrant hate come full circle to the point it actually becomes useful for once. If we could only rid ourselves of that one South African…
MushuChupacabra@piefed.world · 14 pts · 70d
That upgrades South Africa's population by removing trash, no?
spacesatan@lazysoci.al · 7 pts · 69d
I think it's fun to imagine there are only a few hundred freaks with persecution complexes and then thousands of normal people with normal reasons to move who are like 'well this is extremely embarrassing to be associated with but this is super convenient for getting my visa'
JustAnotherPodunk@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 69d
I've got a friend working on this process right now. He openly admitted to me that the premise is fucked up and there are far more deserving populations that should be let in, but the simple fact is,he would be an absolute moron to pass up this opportunity for him and his family. It's a fast track to the place he wants to be and provides better futures for his children. Why wouldn't you take the free ticket?
Some of the people here on lemmy forget their humanity sometimes.
crimsonpoodle@pawb.social · 2 pts · 69d
The fact is, that is attributed falsely to the end of apartheid by racists, South Africa is a very corrupt single party state; and getting worse since the 2008 recession. Despite the issues America is having at the moment; a lot of people still want to move there by contrast. So as was said; a large portion of the people being admitted are probably not lunatics.
Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 70d
Has anyone actually run into any of these South Africans? Are they giving them housing on military bases or are there Africa towns popping up in the middle of nowhere or something?
crimsonpoodle@pawb.social · 4 pts · 69d
I mean 10k is a drop in the bucket; the mostly speak english, probably atomizing, but I don’t know.
EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 69d
These people are all white, so looking for an “Africa town” is head in the sand behavior. You’ll know you’ve met one of these people when they start talking about White Genocide with a Dutch accent.
This is basically a program for people like Elon Musk (rich Afrikaners with generational wealth), to give them a fast-track to US citizenship by pretending they’re being persecuted.
BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 70d
AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 70d
There was already a story about some of the South African refugees going back because they felt the same way.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 70d
Musk will be happy with the colour choice.
TronBronson@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 70d
This is musks pet project. Of course he’s happy, he ordered the nazi fucks in to join his ranks. Working on a private army of a apartheid assholes.
fizzle@quokk.au · 2 pts · 70d
Lets import some street gangs from south Africa. That will surely make everything amazing.
TronBronson@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 70d
They are dragging in the old slave owners of South Africa who are being ‘oppressed’ by their former slaves.
Big_Boss_77@fedinsfw.app · 5 pts · 69d
Didn't most of the first wave return because the US is a third world shithole?
MrMakabar@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 69d
So is South Africa. It is just that SA is cheap to live in and with a remote US job, you have a much higher quality of life.
sircac@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 69d
Don't tell me, mine owners?
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 70d
Did he already admit the 10,000 from like a few weeks ago? That must be a record in refugee admission rates.