"The New York Times reports that the Trump administration is considering proposals to radically reshape the US refugee system, denying entry to Black and brown refugees the world over while opening up the borders for white people from South Africa and Europe who claim they are being politically persecuted. Trump is planning to slash the number of refugees admitted into the country each year to 7,500, a drastic decrease from the 125,000 let in under the policies of the Biden administration last year."
"None of this is surprising to anybody who has done the work of actually listening to what Trump and his MAGA supporters have been talking about for years. The Trump administration is an openly white supremacist regime, and they've been acting like it, in both word and deed, since he returned to office. These people are terrified of the browning of America, terrified that white folks will lose their numeric majority in this country in the coming decades,"
"Welcoming white refugees is all of a piece. It fits neatly with bombing boats full of innocent brown people, authorizing Gestapo-style tactics by ICE, taking away birthright citizenship from people actually born here, sending in the military to police brown cities, eviscerating the voting rights of non-white people, and trying to turn white women into brood mothers through the revocation of their reproductive rights."
The Trump administration is considering proposals to reshape the U.S. refugee system to deny entry to Black and brown refugees while admitting white claimants from South Africa and Europe who allege political persecution. The administration plans to cut annual refugee admissions to 7,500, down from 125,000 under the previous year. Reports indicate available refugee slots may favor white applicants who espouse Nazi beliefs, with Trump and allies defending neo-Nazis and apparently planning to facilitate their entry. The administration pursues a white supremacist agenda through immigration restrictions, militarized policing, attacks on birthright citizenship and voting rights, and restrictions on reproductive freedom.
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