{"id":2437523,"date":"2025-05-21T14:43:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/racist-democrats-oppose-immigration-when-refugees-are-white\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T14:44:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:44:37","slug":"racist-democrats-oppose-immigration-when-refugees-are-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/racist-democrats-oppose-immigration-when-refugees-are-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Racist Democrats Oppose Immigration When Refugees Are White \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fracist-democrats-oppose-immigration-when-refugees-are-white%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2437523&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the contentious responses from Democrats regarding President Donald Trump&#8217;s executive order to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-evangelical-leaders-betrayed-christians-for-politics\/\" title=\"How Evangelical Leaders Betrayed Christians For Politics\">grant refugee status<\/a> to Afrikaners, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lori-lightfoot-my-racism-is-reforming-the-news\/\" title=\"Lori Lightfoot: My Racism Is Reforming the News\">white ethnic minority<\/a> in South Africa facing persecution. Critics, including Senator Tim Kaine, question the prioritization of Afrikaners over other refugee groups, suggesting that the decision is racially biased. Trump&#8217;s order arises from a context where the South African government allows for the seizure of Afrikaner farmland without compensation.<\/p>\n<p>Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, defends the executive order, asserting that the U.S.has the right to choose its immigration policy based on national interest. he argues that Afrikaners, who he believes will better assimilate into American culture, should be given preference for resettlement. Despite the small number of Afrikaner refugees (59) admitted compared to the larger influx under previous administrations,rubio maintains that it&#8217;s reasonable to prioritize those who are easier to vet and align culturally with U.S. values.<\/p>\n<p>The article also mentions Episcopal Migration Ministries&#8217; refusal to resettle Afrikaners, citing commitments to racial justice, and critiques the notion of an obligation for the U.S. to universally accept all refugees, suggesting that countries should focus on their own citizens&#8217; welfare. it highlights deeply polarized views on immigration policy, race, and the criteria for refugee resettlement in the U.S.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Democrats continue to mindlessly oppose everything President Donald Trump does, even policies they have rabidly supported for years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Normally extreme supporters of open borders and immigration without limitation, Democrats suddenly oppose Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/02\/addressing-egregious-actions-of-the-republic-of-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">executive order<\/a> giving Afrikaners refugee status.<\/p>\n<p>Their bigoted objection? The color of the refugees&rsquo; skin. Afrikaners, a persecuted minority ethnic group, are white South Africans with Dutch ancestry and an old European <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twinkl.com\/blog\/celebrating-afrikaans-culture-in-a-diverse-nation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The government of South Africa <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/11\/america-is-a-nation-not-an-idea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has made it legal<\/a> to take Afrikaners&rsquo; farmland without compensation. Trump&rsquo;s order offers &ldquo;Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >unjust racial discrimination&#038;rdquo<\/a>; refugee resettlement in the United States.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But their suffering can never compare, apparently, to the millions of other people with darker skin who are persecuted around the globe. Democrats believe they all should be given unfettered entrance into the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do you think Afrikaner farmers are the most persecuted group in the world?&rdquo; Sen. Tim Kaine, R-Va., asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday during a Foreign Relations Committee hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Kaine asked why Afrikaners should be prioritized and pressed Rubio on why all refugees are not being accepted in &ldquo;an even-handed way.&rdquo; Then Kaine played the race card, asking if it would be acceptable for the United States to receive refugees &ldquo;based upon the color of somebody&rsquo;s skin.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTimKaine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenTimKaine<\/a> ask about Afrikaner farmers: &#8220;Can you have a different standard based upon the color of somebody&#8217;s skin?&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecRubio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecRubio<\/a>: &#8220;I&#8217;m not the one arguing that. Apparently, you are because you don&#8217;t like the fact that they&#8217;re white.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LEODAmUfqx\">pic.twitter.com\/LEODAmUfqx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1924859131015389509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not the one arguing that. Apparently you are, because you don&rsquo;t like the fact that they are white,&rdquo; Rubio said, adding that &ldquo;the United States has a right to pick and choose who they allow in&rdquo; and immigration policy should be in the national interest of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Culture matters. The Afrikaners will easily assimilate into the United States, adopting our culture instead of trying to change it. Immigrants should want to fit into our way of life, not build a subculture compound like the East Plano Islamic Center&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/texas-muslim-development-investigation-d46c19cf662f249e24a3db12aee2395c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPIC City<\/a>, a Muslim community that will cater to Islamic culture, which has a tendency to stamp out other cultures in areas where it takes root.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If there is a subset of people that are easier to vet, who we have a better understanding of who they are and what they&rsquo;re going to do when they come here, they&rsquo;re going to receive preference. No doubt about it,&rdquo; Rubio said.&nbsp;&ldquo;There are a lot of sad stories around the world, millions and millions of people around the world. It&rsquo;s heartbreaking. We cannot assume millions and millions of people around the world. No country can.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The United States is not obliged to address problems in other countries. And it shouldn&rsquo;t until it has the resources to solve all of our own issues. Every country should focus on its own people. It would be a better world if citizens of other countries worked to improve their homeland for their families and fellow countrymen, instead of abandoning them.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio acknowledged the many hard stories of people in persecution. America can&rsquo;t help them all, or trust them all. But it can help some. At this time, Afrikaners are a small subset. So far just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/white-south-africans-arrive-us-refugees-protected-trumps-carve-rcna206373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">59<\/a> Afrikaner refugees have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2025\/05\/welcoming-afrikaner-refugees-fleeing-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">entered<\/a> the U.S. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Compare that to more than 12,000 people a day (<a href=\"https:\/\/usafacts.org\/articles\/what-can-the-data-tell-us-about-unauthorized-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">December 2023<\/a>) under former President Joe Biden. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Small, vetted refugee programs are manageable and better for the U.S. compared to the open border Biden demanded. Rubio said refugee programs that were spending money to house people in communities were &ldquo;acting as a magnet,&rdquo; attracting millions of people to illegally enter the United States.<\/p>\n<p>When the 59 white Afrikaner refugees arrived in the U.S. last week, Episcopal Migration Ministries, which has been given taxpayer money to resettle refugees, refused to serve the Afrikaners. The organization cited the church&rsquo;s &ldquo;steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation&rdquo; in a <a href=\"https:\/\/episcopalnewsservice.org\/2025\/05\/12\/episcopal-church-will-not-resettle-white-south-africans-favored-by-trump-presiding-bishop-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>. &ldquo;Instead, The Episcopal Church will formally end all federal resettlement work when its contract expires at the end of this fiscal year, on Sept. 30,&rdquo;&nbsp;according to Episcopal News Service. Perhaps the church&rsquo;s aim to &ldquo;inspire a more <a href=\"https:\/\/episcopalmigrationministries.org\/our-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">compassionate<\/a> world&rdquo; has a no-whites-allowed clause.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio told the committee that a million people legally enter the United States each year and stated that a visa is a privilege, not a right. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This notion that somehow we have to accept anyone who wants to come to the United States is absurd. No country in the world has an immigration policy like that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Beth Brelje is an elections correspondent for The Federalist. She is an award-winning investigative journalist with decades of media experience.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats irrationally oppose Trump&#8217;s actions, including refugee status for Afrikaners, citing their skin color<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":2437524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Marco.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[3685,3813,5894,50526,5523],"class_list":["post-2437523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-immigration","tag-politics","tag-racism-2","tag-refugees"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Marco.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2437523"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2437527,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437523\/revisions\/2437527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2437524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2437523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2437523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2437523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}