'It's not fair': Other refugees in limbo as US welcomes white South Africans

Senate Hearing Erupts in Racial Tensions Over South African Refugee Policy

A Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing turned contentious Tuesday as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) clashed over U.S. refugee policy, specifically regarding White South African farmers admitted under claims of persecution. The debate follows last week’s arrival of dozens of White South African refugees, whom the State Department described as victims of “government-sponsored racial discrimination.” Their admission…