White Afrikaner Refugees from South Africa Arrive in U.S. Amid Political Controversy and Church Backlash

A group of 49 white Afrikaners from South Africa arrive in the United States after being granted refugee status under a recent executive order signed by President Donald Trump. The group touches down at Dulles International Airport in Virginia late Sunday, greeted by senior U.S. officials and members of the Department of Homeland Security, in a moment that is already sparking political, moral, and legal debate across the nation.

The executive order, signed in February, designates white minority Afrikaners as a protected class under U.S. refugee. . .