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muriel_volestrangler

(105,475 posts)
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 09:14 AM Friday

South Africa defiant after US threatens 'consequences' over refugee centre raid

Source: BBC

The South African government has dismissed accusations by the US that it harassed and intimidated American officials during a raid on a centre processing applications by white South Africans for refugee status in the US.

Tuesday's raid saw seven Kenyans expelled from South Africa for working in the country illegally.
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After the raid on the processing centre, South Africa expressed concern that foreign officials appeared to have coordinated with undocumented workers and said it had reached out to the US and Kenya to resolve the matter.
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It did not providence any evidence to back up its accusation that South Africa had released the passport information of its officials.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj69px875ewo



So, to sum up: the Trump regime is running a racist "we accept only white 'refugees'" policy based on a made-up claim of discrimination against whites in South Africa; it employs Black Kenyans to run the process, but they're working illegally; South Africa arrests them; the Trump regime claims this is harassment of its American employees there.
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South Africa defiant after US threatens 'consequences' over refugee centre raid (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Friday OP
They're shouting oppression over a *workplace immigration raid* where "illegals" got arrested?!?!? Eugene Friday #1
So, go do something about it, Der Furrer! OldBaldy1701E Friday #2

Eugene

(66,728 posts)
1. They're shouting oppression over a *workplace immigration raid* where "illegals" got arrested?!?!?
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 09:42 AM
Friday

Unbelievably, the Trump administration just outdid itself in both irony and hypocrisy.

As with any assertion coming out of the Trump White House, PROVE IT!

OldBaldy1701E

(9,957 posts)
2. So, go do something about it, Der Furrer!
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 02:33 PM
Friday

Since when have any sovereign borders (other than the US ones) stopped you from being a dick?

Sooner or later he will piss off enough of the rest of the planet that they will just stop dealing with him at all.

Then what?

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