Rubio announces new visa restrictions targeting South African officials for ‘race-based discrimination’
- On Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign nationals in South Africa involved in alleged "race-based discrimination" and "uncompensated land seizures."
- Relations between Washington and Pretoria have soured since President Donald Trump criticized land reform policies, claiming in the Oval Office that White South Africans face "persecution and genocide."
- By late June of this year, The United States had admitted more than 7,700 Afrikaners while largely shuttering its refugee program for the rest of the world.
- Rubio stated these actions "directly undermine peace, economic stability, and the rule of law," urging South Africa to address legislation and threats of land expropriation.
- CNN has investigated claims of White "genocide" in South Africa and found no evidence, while President Cyril Ramaphosa denied the government supports racial violence or discriminatory rhetoric.
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US imposes targeted visa restrictions on South Africans over land and race policies
The latest measures are being imposed under a section of US immigration law allowing visa restrictions when an individual's entry could have serious adverse foreign-policy consequences.
The Trump administration has imposed visa restrictions on people from South Africa, whom Washington accuses of fomenting racial discrimination and policies that the US says affect the white African community. The move marks another escalation of tensions between the two countries.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Tuesday that the restrictions will apply to persons who, according to Washington, promote “discrimination based on race,”…
The administration of Donald Trump has announced that it will impose a ban on entry into the US of officials it claims are responsible for discrimination against whites and other minority groups in South Africa, AP reports.
President Donald Trump's administration has imposed visa restrictions on a number of South African citizens due to alleged discrimination against a white minority in an African country. Washington has imposed visa restrictions on some South African citizens, warning them of possible further action if the country's leadership fails to address the issue of the violation of the rights of the white population. The United States Secretary of State Ma…
The US Just Sanctioned South Africa Over Their Own Land Reform Laws. Here's The Question Nobody In Washington Wants To Answer
The Trump administration just told South Africa's government that trying to fix apartheid's unfinished business counts as racism now. Actual visas are being pulled over it. Here's what happened, and the uncomfortable question sitting underneath the whole story.
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