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A new bill introduced in the U.S. Congress seeks to grant South African Afrikaners a path to American residency, citing concerns over alleged human rights violations linked to South Africa’s Expropriation Act.
Representative Troy Nehls (R-TX) unveiled the “Asylum for Farmers and Refugees in Crisis and Necessary Emigration Resettlement Act” (AFRIKANER Act) on Wednesday.
🚨BREAKING: I just introduced the AFRIKANER Act.
— Congressman Troy E. Nehls (@RepTroyNehls) April 3, 2025
President Trump is right. How Afrikaners are being treated is a MASSIVE human rights violation.
My bill will offer Afrikaners a pathway to the US to flee the persecution they’ve lived through initiated by their own government. pic.twitter.com/kkNYac9zfq
The proposed legislation would classify Afrikaners as Priority-2 refugees, a designation for those of special humanitarian concern.
According to the bill’s text, it targets “residents of South Africa who are members of the Caucasian minority group and have suffered persecution, or have a well-founded fear of persecution, on account of their race, ethnicity, or ancestry.”
The bill specifically references the Expropriation Act, framing it as a source of potential danger for Afrikaner communities.
The proposed “AFRIKANER Act” aims to provide a pathway to U.S. residency for South African Afrikaners, based on claims of persecution and fear related to their race and the Expropriation Act.
If passed, it would designate them as Priority-2 refugees, enabling them to seek resettlement in the United States.
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