Donald Trump said Monday their lives are in danger, escalating their plight to a “genocide” as he welcomed 59 white Afrikaners, the descendants of Dutch […]

The rapid relocation of the Afrikaners, who President Trump says have been racially persecuted in South Africa, stands in stark contrast to the virtual shutdown of all other refugee admissions.

In a statement provided to OSV News, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington said that it was "providing limited and temporary assistance to South Africans traveling through Dulles International Airport this week to final destinations elsewhere.

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof loudly condemned President Donald Trump's decision to grant refugee status to white South Afrikaners in a recent CNN interview. "He's completely turned refugee policy upside down in ways that reflect racial discrimination.

The Trump administration carved out an exception to its refugee ban for white South Africans. But other groups, including Afghans who helped U.S. forces during the war in their country, are being shut out.

The Trump administration admitted 59 white South Africans as refugees, citing violence and "genocide," a claim South Africa denies. The move sparked criticism over racial bias in US refugee policy.