Trump Administration slashes refugees to lowest level in years.

 

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau meets South African refugees. Politico. 

The Trump administration is slashing new refugee admissions to the lowest level in years, with only 7500 being accepted next year. Politico. Priority will be giving to Afrikaners from South Africa who face discrimination from their government, along with other victims of discrimination. This would be a dramatic reversal compared to Biden, who allowed 100,000 refugees in a year, and even less than Trump's first term that allowed 11,000 in. Trump said that Biden was abusing the refugee program and that it was being reformed. 

My Comment:

This is long overdue. The refugee system had long been abused to allow people in that were anything but. Instead of taking people from actual warzones, like Ukraine/Russia, we were taking economic migrants from countries like Haiti and many from Central and South America. Those folks might have had hard lives at home, but they were hardly refugees. 

The focus now seems to be Afrikaners and I agree they are in serious trouble in South Africa. The media likes to downplay how badly they are treated and how the whole area seems like it is in pre-genocide mode. The media hates the idea that a white group of people could be a victim so they downplay what is happening there. 

There's another advantage in taking the Afrikaners and that's that they will be likely to contribute to America. Many of our more recent refugees are just sitting on the dole and not actually helping the economy by working. I think these folks will do so, just like former waves of actual refugees like the ones that came from Vietnam or the first wave or two from Cuba. Generally speaking, folks that are actually fleeing from violence or threats are going to be a lot more grateful for being rescued over some economic migrant who just wants government benefits. 

Indeed, I think we should consider sending at least some of these refugees from the Biden area home. Syria and Iraq are good examples. They aren't exactly safe now, but the wars that devastated both countries have ended. At least some of them should be allowed to go back. 

As for refugees in general, I think it's clear that America has taken more than their fair share. We really don't need to take anymore at this point, and honestly the only reason we are taking these South Africans is because nobody else will. We don't necessary owe the Afrikaners anything but if anyone qualifies as a refugee it's them.