No special status for Afrikaners

South African whites don’t deserve special refugee status. Trump has made an exception for the Afrikaners, who come from a country not enduring a civil or cross-border war

Two contradictory events this week illustrate the muddled, inconsistent mess that passes for U.S. immigration policy.

On Monday, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau personally welcomed almost 60 white South Africans claiming refugee status to the United States. President Donald Trump has justified their admission by claiming that Afrikaners, descendants of white colonial settlers, face genocide in the majority Black country. That is false.

That same day, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that temporary protected status for Afghan nationals in this country will be allowed to expire on May 20. Unless they have a separate immigration status that allows them to remain, Afghan nationals will be subject to deportation starting July 12.

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