'Never expected this': White Afrikaner blindsided with detention despite Trump's pledge
'Never expected this': White Afrikaner blindsided with detention despite Trump's pledge
A white Afrikaner from South Africa who came to the United States expecting preferential refugee treatment from the Trump administration found himself blindsided when he ended up in handcuffs.President Donald Trump promised that white Afrikaners would receive preferential refugee status because...
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A white Afrikaner from South Africa who came to the United States expecting preferential refugee treatment from the Trump administration found himself blindsided when he ended up in handcuffs.
President Donald Trump promised that white Afrikaners would receive preferential refugee status because he claimed they were victims of government discrimination after apartheid ended.
Benjamin Schoonwinkel believed him, and in September, he flew to Atlanta and told federal border agents he was seeking asylum, The New York Times reported Friday. But he didn't come through the refugee program, as the administration wanted. Instead, he came to the country on a tourist visa.
