The US State Department announced Saturday that white South African farmers facing “persecution” due to their race are welcome to resettle in America.
Spokeswoman Tammy Bruce stated on X that the move aligns with President Donald Trump’s executive order, which suspends non-essential aid to South Africa over its land expropriation policies.
“Persecuted South African farmers and other innocent victims being targeted solely based on their race who choose to resettle in America will be welcome,” Bruce declared in her statement.
She emphasized that the US government stands against “expropriation without compensation and other intolerable abuses,” pledging to support those affected by South Africa’s policies.
The decision follows Trump’s condemnation of South Africa’s new law permitting land seizures without compensation, a policy he argues unfairly discriminates against certain communities.
Despite Trump’s hardline immigration stance, including the recent Laken Riley Act and a proposed plan to detain undocumented migrants at Guantanamo Bay, his administration has framed the plight of white South African farmers as a humanitarian crisis.
Meanwhile, South Africa’s Afrikaner community swiftly rejected the offer to resettle, affirming their commitment to their homeland.
“We are indigenous to this country and are going nowhere,” said Kallie Kriel, CEO of Afriforum, a group advocating for Afrikaans speakers’ rights.
