"The first was the president's out-of-the-blue executive order on February 7 giving priority refugee status to white Afrikaner farmers whom he later claimed were victims of "genocide" engineered by the South African government (a rather wild way of describing a land-redistribution plan that said government had not even implemented). This happened as the administration was busily engaged in dismantling refugee admission and protection programs that had benefited people fleeing actual violence and tyranny in Latin America, Asia, and other parts of Africa."
"In a fiery and unorthodox speech, Vance declared that "there is nothing more urgent than mass migration" and accused European leaders of suppressing free speech and censorship - including by referencing Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which German intelligence has classified as extremist. The biggest security threat facing Europe was not Russia or China, he said, but the "threat from within.""
An executive order on February 7 prioritized refugee status for white Afrikaner farmers portrayed as victims of "genocide" linked to a South African land-redistribution plan that had not been implemented. That order coincided with moves to dismantle refugee admission and protection programs serving people fleeing real violence and tyranny in Latin America, Asia, and parts of Africa. On February 14 Vice-President J.D. Vance told NATO leaders that mass migration was the most urgent threat and cited suppression of free speech while invoking Germany's far-right AfD. Both episodes reflected alignment with pro-AfD, anti-immigrant sentiments associated with Elon Musk.
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