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Trump says some white South Africans are oppressed and could be resettled in the USA; they say no thanks

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February 10, 2025

Groups representing some of South Africa’s white minority responded Saturday to a plan by President Donald Trump to offer them refugee status and resettlement in the United States by saying: thanks, but no thanks.

Trump says some white South Africans are oppressed and could be resettled in the USA; they say no thanks

The plan was detailed in an executive order Trump signed Friday that stopped all aid and financial assistance to South Africa as punishment for what the Trump administration said were “rights violations” by the government against some of its white citizens.

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