Flowers: More Should Get Expedited Processing Like the South Africans

No. 47’s administration welcomes 59 White South Africans as refugees

The 47th president’s administration admitted 59 White South Africans as refugees, citing claims of persecution and violence, though South Africa’s government and experts strongly dispute these claims as unfounded and politically motivated. Critics question why this group was prioritized over others fleeing war and oppression, especially given the administration’s broader suspension of refugee resettlement efforts.

The Trump administration fast-tracked South African refugees into the U.S. What will it mean for other suffering groups?

“I’m glad that there are people still coming through,” Zomi leader Francis Kham says, but refugee resettlement “should be extended to everyone that’s really [facing] the same discrimination.”

Flowers: More should get expedited processing like the South Africans

I am writing this column early on Friday morning, sitting on an Amtrak train to Newark. My destination is the immigration court, where I will try and obtain asylum for an abused woman from Central America. So you can imagine that I have more than a little interest in the topic of refugees. That’s why my antenna went up when I heard about the small group of Afrikaners from South Africa who, according to trustworthy reports, have been given expedi…