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Trump administration hits South Africa with new sanctions over alleged discrimination against whites
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The Trump administration has announced that it will impose travel bans on officials it claims are responsible for discrimination against whites and other minority groups in South Africa. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday he would revoke U.S.
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Trump Admin Changes South African Visas Over 'Race-Based Discrimination'
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Trump administration hits South Africa with new sanctions over alleged discrimination against whites
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a new policy to restrict visas from South African officials alleged to be involved in “race-based discrimination” and “uncompensated land seizures.
Trump last year accused the government of South Africa of seizing land from Afrikaners, a white minority in South Africa, and allowing them to be killed, which he described as a genocide.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced visa restrictions targeting those responsible for land seizures and racial discrimination against Afrikaners in South Africa.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a visa restriction policy to punish South Africans who he claimed have engaged in “government-sponsored discrimination” against Afrikaners and other minority groups.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The Trump administration has announced that it will impose travel bans on officials it claims are responsible for discrimination against whites and other minority groups in South Africa. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday he would revoke U.S.
The visa restriction policy targets South African nationals who US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claims are responsible for "race-based discrimination" against white citizens.
The Trump administration has announced that it will impose travel bans on officials it claims are responsible for discrimination against White people and other minority groups in South Africa.
President Trump has repeatedly accused South Africa of unfairly disadvantaging the country’s white Afrikaners, who make up no more than 8% of the 62 million-strong population.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday announced visa restrictions for South Africa, due to “laws or policies that enable uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination, and/or the incitement of imminent violence against members of minority ethnic or racial groups.”
South Africa’s foreign minister, Ronald Lamola, said Washington’s unilateral action “once again aligns with the misrepresentation of South Africa’s domestic policy by fringe groups.”
South Africa is firing back at the United States after the State Department imposed new visa restrictions on foreign nationals involved in alleged racial discrimination against the African country’s white minority.
The Trump administration has announced visa restrictions targeting South African officials accused of enabling racial discrimination, land seizures, and inciting violence against minority groups.
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