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Rubio Defends Granting Refugee Status to 59 Afrikaners, Citing U.S. National Interest in Heated Clash with Kaine

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Published May 20, 2025, 11:09 PM

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Senator Tim Kaine clashed during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing over the U.S. decision to grant refugee status to 59 Afrikaners from South Africa. Rubio accused Kaine of opposing the refugees' admission due to their race, stating, "You don't like the fact that they're white."

Kaine questioned the fairness of the U.S. immigration policy, suggesting it might be based on the color of someone's skin. Rubio defended the policy, asserting that the U.S. has the right to prioritize who it allows into the country based on national interest, not racial considerations. He emphasized that the Afrikaners are victims of 'government-sponsored racial discrimination' and that their farms were burned down, with some killed because of their skin color.

The Trump administration's move to admit the Afrikaners comes amidst a broader suspension of refugee resettlement programs. Rubio highlighted that the U.S. does not have an obligation to accept all who wish to enter, and that immigration policy should serve the national interest of the United States. This decision follows South Africa's passage of a law allowing land expropriation without compensation, which the administration claims targets the white minority.

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John Harwood

@JohnJHarwood

Rubio on admitting white South Africans as refugees while expelling others: "our foreign policy doesn't require even-handedness. it requires prioritizing the interests of the United States" His boss thinks the interest of the United States requires more white people

Thomas Kennedy

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Marco Rubio is a guy who stands for nothing. Here he is telling immigrant mothers in 2013 that he would support an immigration reform bill and when asked if his support was firm, he says “what else can I do if I wrote the law!” He ended up voting against his own bill.

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WATCH: Secretary of State @MarcoRubio recognizes that there are millions of people around the world facing hardship, but that doesn't mean the United States is responsible for taking them in

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