- United States
- Mich.
- Letter
End Trump's White Supremist Application of the U.S. Refugee Program
I am writing to demand immediate action against the administration’s flagrant misuse of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. Recent State Department data indicates a disturbing pattern: for six consecutive months, the United States has exclusively admitted white South African refugees, locking out vulnerable people from the rest of the world.
The administration has gutted the annual refugee cap to a historic low of 7,500 while redirecting $100 million to fast-track Afrikaner admissions under a fraudulent "emergency" label. This strategy directly fuels a DEBUNKED white supremacist conspiracy theory about "white genocide" in South Africa—a narrative soundly rejected by international experts.
Turning away families fleeing actual, verified crises in Afghanistan, Ukraine, and across Africa to favor a single ethnic group is a disgusting abuse of federal resources. The administration has transformed a life-saving humanitarian program into a tool for state-sanctioned racial discrimination.
You must not stay silent. I urge you to exercise your oversight authority immediately: investigate this corrupt allocation of funds, demand total transparency from the State Department, and force a return to a fair, non-discriminatory refugee process.