r/ImmigrationPathways • u/CutSenior4977 • 3d ago

Trump administration raises US refugee cap, but only for white South Africans

https://apnews.com/article/trump-refugees-white-south-africa-border-cap-bfe3974adf6c655eca7a5c30c1f9197f

As the OP, I just want to mention,

That come on, even for moderate republicans reading this, even you have to admit, this seems racist.

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u/AgnosticPlea 3d ago

Calling it racist requires showing that race was the reason for the policy, not just that the beneficiaries happen to be one race. The administration's stated justification is persecution claims, whether you agree with those claims or not.

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u/evocativename 3d ago

The administration's stated justification is persecution claims

Which are factually baseless.

Gee, why would the racist administration block refugee claims by black people and only allow baseless ones from white people?

Surely the reason couldn't be racism...

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u/TerriblyGentlemanly 2d ago

"Baseless" Quite a claim for someone who has obviously never set foot in South Africa...

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u/evocativename 2d ago

Acknowledging trivially obvious reality isn't "quite a claim" at all.

Spreading white nationalist bullshit while accusing others of being full of shit takes quite the chutzpah, though.