Rubio Dismantles Dem Senator's Claim Skin Color Was Reason South Africans Were Given Asylum, Others Not

Rubio Dismantles Dem Senator’s Claim Skin Color Was Reason South Africans Were Given Asylum, Others Not


Secretary of State Marco Rubio took apart a charge made by Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia that the Trump administration is giving preference to white asylum-seekers over other races.

During a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday, Kaine said President Donald Trump, by executive order, has, in effect, paused all refugee programs, “except in early February, the president announced a special refugee program for Afrikaner farmers.”

The senator noted that the first group arrived from South Africa in Virginia earlier this month.

U.S. officials greet white South Africans to whom the Trump administration has granted refugee status for being deemed victims of racial discrimination in their home country. pic.twitter.com/JwaVyziofT

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