Do you know how long these families have lived in S Africa? The Guardian: Afrikaners are descended mainly from the Dutch, who began colonising South Africa in 1652, as well as French Huguenot refugees sponsored by the Dutch. |
Why not go to Europe or Netherlands in particular? |
Have they opened up refugee access to displaced South Africans? |
I don’t think it matters that it was a few hundred years ago. They are still non-native outsiders. |
Does he actually want to resettle them in the US, like give them a couple acres per family to farm? |
Lots of posters here don’t know about history.
Yes, South Africa got its first settlement before Jamestown. And obviously both settlements were colonizers. To live according to the norms of our time every country needs to treat their citizens equally. South Africa has the same problem as the rest of Africa: population explosion. There is a dire need for productive modern day commercial farming. The president wants to‘give land to the peasants’ because of an unjust law that existed over a 100 years ago. The policy will only cause the farm to fail into disrepair as it is unlikely that the new owner will be able to afford to invest in fertilizer and water pumps, or repair of equipment. Food prices will just go up. Usaid that SA receives a year is $440 million. That funds the aids program. That money is now gone. Their president prefers to keep the new law that obviously will benefit only a handful of new land owners. |
Yep, I wonder if he will offer the Palestinians that he wants to remove from the Gaza Strip the same chance to relocate to the US? |
I can just see it… Trump and Elon declare that American Indian reservations are not being utilized properly and are in fact a waste of resources and decide the Afrikaners are more deserving of the land. |
Or better yet, Israel's discriminatory laws against non Jews. |
Erol |
President Trump said on Friday that he is “not interested” in deporting Harry, who currently resides in Montecito, Calif., with his wife, Meghan Markle.
“I don’t want to do that,” Trump told the New York Post. “I’ll leave him alone. He’s got enough problems with his wife. She’s terrible.” |
What does this have to do with South Africans? |
OP’s thread title - immigrants that Trump likes. lol. |
The latest update on this is that Trump has just expanded his immigration offer to all white South Africans. They will attain refugee status should they come over. There will be a pathway to citizenship. |
How could he have deported Harry? I mean, is it a fact that Harry told lies on his US application? Harry married his wife in a massive wedding in front of millions of TV viewers, and she is a US citizen. It's a genuine marriage, they support themselves financially. Why would the president even comment on Harry's wife or marriage? The president should have more important things to be concerned about. |