• FlexibleToast@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Where is the lie? This is in reference to the administration calling the white people in South Africa trying to come over refugees of a “white genocide.” Are you just assuming it is a lie because you’re not caught up on current events, or are you saying there is a lie here I’m unaware of?

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      1 year ago

      https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-refugees-white-afrikaners-us-trump-52024f6d86fca76cfe7460a9f9bc6110

      Edit to add context.

      From the article:

      “President Donald Trump opened a fast-tracked refugee status to white South Africans, accusing their government of discrimination, even as his administration abruptly shut down the overall U.S. refugee program. The South Africans jumped ahead of thousands of would-be refugees overseas who had been undergoing years of vetting and processing.”

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        The screenshot misses the additional attribute of “rich”

        Trump has literally said $5 million will buy a gold card through US immigration. (In place of a green card)

        Which means everyone is at risk of being turned away, detained, deported. The odds are just higher for certain skin tones.

        If the boyfriend was coming in on a private jet, and had no public facing leftish views, he’d have no problems, I’d bet.