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South African Refugees Are Left to Fend for Themselves
Failures in the government-funded refugee system are marring Trump’s decision to welcome South Africans, a Free Press investigation found.
By Madeleine Rowley
02.10.26
www.thefp.com
Languishing in cockroach-infested apartments, walking miles to the grocery store for food, and eating just one meal a day to save money. This is life in America for some newly arrived Afrikaner refugees from South Africa.
“There were people slumped over everywhere from using fentanyl and prostitution happening on the street corners,” said a former farmer who arrived in Denver with his wife and mother in September. He told me that the nonprofit group funded by the federal government to help the family get back on their feet placed them in a moldy, dirty basement apartment in a high-crime area.
MANY AFRIKANER REFUGEES WERE DISAPPOINTED WHEN LOCALS WARNED THEM THAT THEY LIVED IN HIGH-CRIME AREAS.
The Free Press spoke to 10 people from South Africa who have entered the United States as refugees since President Donald Trump opened the door to Afrikaners who “are victims of unjust racial discrimination,” in the words of his February 2025 executive order.
The order announced that Afrikaners, an ethnic minority of white South Africans who are descendants of 17th-century Dutch and French Huguenot settlers, would be prioritized for resettlement in the U.S. That also made them eligible for government benefits and a path to citizenship, even as the maximum number of refugees allowed into the U.S. was cut to 7,500 for the current fiscal year—down 94 percent from 125,000 per year during the Biden administration.
Trump’s move to welcome Afrikaners over people from elsewhere was highly controversial. Democratic House members Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Pramila Jayapal of Washington, and Senators Dick Durbin of Illinois and Alex Padilla of California, accused the president of skipping over “tens of thousands of refugees who have been waiting in line for years” and “prioritizing a single privileged racial group.”
The first 59 Afrikaners arrived in May. As of this week, 1,647 Afrikaners have arrived as refugees, and the U.S. government anticipates that 5,380 more will follow by September 30.
Several of the refugees I spoke to said they have been largely left to fend for themselves, a sign of dysfunction in the government-supervised network of seven large nonprofits that are responsible for providing refugees with temporary housing, cash for food, and help scheduling appointments with government agencies for Social Security numbers and Medicaid...
Newly arrived South Africans listen to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar deliver welcome statements near Washington Dulles International Airport, May 12, 2025 in Dulles, Virginia.
Failures in the government-funded refugee system are marring Trump’s decision to welcome South Africans, a Free Press investigation found.
By Madeleine Rowley
02.10.26
South African Refugees Are Left to Fend for Themselves
A Free Press investigation found that failures in the government-funded refugee system are marring Trump’s decision to welcome South Africans, writes Madeleine Rowley.
www.thefp.com
Languishing in cockroach-infested apartments, walking miles to the grocery store for food, and eating just one meal a day to save money. This is life in America for some newly arrived Afrikaner refugees from South Africa.
“There were people slumped over everywhere from using fentanyl and prostitution happening on the street corners,” said a former farmer who arrived in Denver with his wife and mother in September. He told me that the nonprofit group funded by the federal government to help the family get back on their feet placed them in a moldy, dirty basement apartment in a high-crime area.
MANY AFRIKANER REFUGEES WERE DISAPPOINTED WHEN LOCALS WARNED THEM THAT THEY LIVED IN HIGH-CRIME AREAS.
The Free Press spoke to 10 people from South Africa who have entered the United States as refugees since President Donald Trump opened the door to Afrikaners who “are victims of unjust racial discrimination,” in the words of his February 2025 executive order.
The order announced that Afrikaners, an ethnic minority of white South Africans who are descendants of 17th-century Dutch and French Huguenot settlers, would be prioritized for resettlement in the U.S. That also made them eligible for government benefits and a path to citizenship, even as the maximum number of refugees allowed into the U.S. was cut to 7,500 for the current fiscal year—down 94 percent from 125,000 per year during the Biden administration.
Trump’s move to welcome Afrikaners over people from elsewhere was highly controversial. Democratic House members Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Pramila Jayapal of Washington, and Senators Dick Durbin of Illinois and Alex Padilla of California, accused the president of skipping over “tens of thousands of refugees who have been waiting in line for years” and “prioritizing a single privileged racial group.”
The first 59 Afrikaners arrived in May. As of this week, 1,647 Afrikaners have arrived as refugees, and the U.S. government anticipates that 5,380 more will follow by September 30.
Several of the refugees I spoke to said they have been largely left to fend for themselves, a sign of dysfunction in the government-supervised network of seven large nonprofits that are responsible for providing refugees with temporary housing, cash for food, and help scheduling appointments with government agencies for Social Security numbers and Medicaid...
Newly arrived South Africans listen to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar deliver welcome statements near Washington Dulles International Airport, May 12, 2025 in Dulles, Virginia.
Bipartisan push in U.S. House to create new visa program, help home builders who rely on immigrant workers
Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R – Texas, is championing a proposal to create a new visa program targeted specifically for construction workers. The proposed visa program is in response to a problem many south Texas builders are experiencing: a lack of immigrant workers.
BY DYLAN MCKIM
02/12/26
United States Representative, Monica De La Cruz (R-TX)
Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R – Texas, is championing a proposal to create a new visa program targeted specifically for construction workers. The proposed visa program is in response to a problem many south Texas builders are experiencing: a lack of immigrant workers.
BY DYLAN MCKIM
02/12/26
Bipartisan push in U.S. House to create new visa program, help home builders who rely on immigrant workers
The South Texas Builders Association said construction sites are seeing fewer workers because of immigration enforcement and it’s costing Americans big dollars.
thehill.com
United States Representative, Monica De La Cruz (R-TX)
‘South Texas will never be red again’: Home builders warn GOP over Trump’s immigration raids
Construction executives have held multiple meetings over the last month with the White House and Congress to discuss immigration busts on job sites.
By MYAH WARD and MEGAN MESSERLY
02/14/2026
Home builders are warning President Donald Trump that his aggressive immigration enforcement efforts are hurting their industry. They’re cautioning that Republican candidates could soon be hurt, too.
Construction executives have held multiple meetings over the last month with the White House and Congress to discuss how immigration busts on job sites and in communities are scaring away employees, making it more expensive to build homes in a market desperate for new supply. Beyond the affordability issue, the executives made an electability argument, raising concerns to GOP leaders that support among Hispanic voters is eroding, particularly in regions that swung to Trump in 2024.
Hill Republicans have held separate meetings with White House officials to share their own electoral concerns.
This story is based on eight interviews with home builders, lawmakers and others familiar with the meetings.
“I told [lawmakers] straight up: South Texas will never be red again,” said Mario Guerrero, the CEO of the South Texas Builders Association, a Trump voter who traveled to Washington last week.
He urged the administration and lawmakers to ease up on enforcement at construction sites, warning that employees are afraid to go to work.
The construction industry is one of the latest and clearest examples of how the president’s mass deportation agenda continues to clash with his economic goals of bringing down prices and political aims of keeping control of Congress. Even the president’s allies fear disruptions to labor-heavy industries will undermine the gains with Latino voters Republicans have made in recent years, in large part because of Trump’s economic agenda.
These concerns were the central focus of a White House meeting this week between chief of staff Susie Wiles, Speaker Mike Johnson, and a group of Republican lawmakers, according to three people with knowledge of the meeting, granted anonymity to discuss it. The group talked about growing concerns that Hispanic voters are abandoning the Republican Party in droves, as well as the policies driving these losses — immigration and affordability concerns.
Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-Texas) was among the lawmakers in attendance on Wednesday. She, alongside South Texas leaders, held two additional meetings this week, one with Johnson and another with the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, to discuss her proposals for new policies to address worker shortages, including legislation to streamline visa programs and address the need for workers in the agriculture and construction industries...
Construction executives have held multiple meetings over the last month with the White House and Congress to discuss immigration busts on job sites.
By MYAH WARD and MEGAN MESSERLY
02/14/2026
Home builders are warning President Donald Trump that his aggressive immigration enforcement efforts are hurting their industry. They’re cautioning that Republican candidates could soon be hurt, too.
Construction executives have held multiple meetings over the last month with the White House and Congress to discuss how immigration busts on job sites and in communities are scaring away employees, making it more expensive to build homes in a market desperate for new supply. Beyond the affordability issue, the executives made an electability argument, raising concerns to GOP leaders that support among Hispanic voters is eroding, particularly in regions that swung to Trump in 2024.
Hill Republicans have held separate meetings with White House officials to share their own electoral concerns.
This story is based on eight interviews with home builders, lawmakers and others familiar with the meetings.
“I told [lawmakers] straight up: South Texas will never be red again,” said Mario Guerrero, the CEO of the South Texas Builders Association, a Trump voter who traveled to Washington last week.
He urged the administration and lawmakers to ease up on enforcement at construction sites, warning that employees are afraid to go to work.
The construction industry is one of the latest and clearest examples of how the president’s mass deportation agenda continues to clash with his economic goals of bringing down prices and political aims of keeping control of Congress. Even the president’s allies fear disruptions to labor-heavy industries will undermine the gains with Latino voters Republicans have made in recent years, in large part because of Trump’s economic agenda.
These concerns were the central focus of a White House meeting this week between chief of staff Susie Wiles, Speaker Mike Johnson, and a group of Republican lawmakers, according to three people with knowledge of the meeting, granted anonymity to discuss it. The group talked about growing concerns that Hispanic voters are abandoning the Republican Party in droves, as well as the policies driving these losses — immigration and affordability concerns.
Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-Texas) was among the lawmakers in attendance on Wednesday. She, alongside South Texas leaders, held two additional meetings this week, one with Johnson and another with the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, to discuss her proposals for new policies to address worker shortages, including legislation to streamline visa programs and address the need for workers in the agriculture and construction industries...
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‘We’re In A Crisis Right Now’ Arkansas Leads U.S. In Farm Bankruptcies
March 10, 2026
Arkansas led the U.S. in Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies last year with 33, as the agriculture economy's crisis continues to take its toll.
March 10, 2026
Arkansas led the U.S. in Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies last year with 33, as the agriculture economy's crisis continues to take its toll.
Major ally Kid Rock snaps at Trump over Live Nation surrender
Tom Boggioni
March 17, 2026
Major ally Kid Rock snaps at Trump over Live Nation surrender
www.rawstory.com
MAGA-supporter Kid Rock is blasting Trump's Department of Justice for gutting an antitrust case against Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation — a move that exposes the hypocrisy at the heart of the administration's anti-monopoly rhetoric.
The DOJ shocked observers last week by capitulating to the live entertainment behemoth with a mere $280 million settlement to be divided among 39 states — a pittance that leaves the core monopoly intact.
New York Attorney General Letitia James didn't mince words, declaring the deal a travesty. "The settlement recently announced with the U.S. Department of Justice fails to address the monopoly at the center of this case, and would benefit Live Nation at the expense of consumers," she said. "My attorney general colleagues and I have a strong case against Live Nation, and we will continue our lawsuit to protect consumers and restore fair competition to the live entertainment industry."
Rock, a longtime Trump loyalist, expressed bewilderment that the DOJ refused to take the case to trial. "I don't understand why they would negotiate a settlement," he told New York Times columnist Noah Shachtman. "Why not just let it see its course? Let's see what 12 people decide."
Rock is currently charging up to $5,000 for front-row seats on his Freedom 250 Tour launching May 1 in Dallas, with tickets being sold exclusively through the very Ticketmaster platform he's criticizing. Premium "First Class Seats" drop $1,000 per row, with Rock's full approval.
You can read more from the Times here.
Trump’s Iran war stirs anger in Maga country Kentucky
In Appalachia, a deeply red region hit by poverty and cuts, some ask why billions are going to war instead of home
Trump’s Iran war stirs anger in Maga country Kentucky
In Appalachia, a deeply red region hit by poverty and cuts, some ask why billions are going to war instead of home
They are finally realizing what I have been saying all this time Trump don’t give a fuck about them. I don’t care what color they are.Trump’s Iran war stirs anger in Maga country Kentucky
In Appalachia, a deeply red region hit by poverty and cuts, some ask why billions are going to war instead of home
Trump’s Iran war stirs anger in Maga country Kentucky
In Appalachia, a deeply red region hit by poverty and cuts, some ask why billions are going to war instead of homewww.theguardian.com
Epstein survivor who voted for Trump says she now fears ‘we’re not going to get justice’
Jena Lisa Jones says she backed Trump in 2024 election because of his campaign promises to release Epstein files
Anna Betts
26 Mar 2026
www.theguardian.com
After casting her vote for Donald Trump in 2024 in hopes that he would bring transparency around the Jeffrey Epstein case, Epstein survivor Jena Lisa Jones said in an interview this week that she now fears “we’re not going to get justice in all of this”.
“I wanted my day in court,” said Jones, who has said she was abused by Epstein when she was 14, in an interview on the Shadow Sessions podcast that aired on Thursday morning. “I didn’t get that, and we were so close to it, it really got ripped from us, and then after [Epstein] passed, everything just went into a circus show.”
Jones said she backed Trump in the 2024 election because of his promises to release the files related to Epstein – who died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal charges of sex-trafficking minors – and his network.
“Trump ran his whole freakin’ election on the release of these freakin’ files,” she said. “And it sparked it back all up again, gave us hope, gave me hope at least.
“He runs his campaign on this, and he runs it really, really hard to the point that a lot of us voted for him,” she added.
However, after the election, Jones said that she felt a shift.
“As soon as he gets in, we started pushing for the release of the files, and now it’s a ‘Democratic hoax’,” she said, referring to remarks Trump made in the fall in which he dismissed some calls to the release additional Epstein files as a Democratic “hoax”…
Jena Lisa Jones
Jena Lisa Jones says she backed Trump in 2024 election because of his campaign promises to release Epstein files
Anna Betts
26 Mar 2026
Epstein survivor who voted for Trump says she now fears ‘we’re not going to get justice’
Jena Lisa Jones says she backed Trump in 2024 election because of his campaign promises to release Epstein files
After casting her vote for Donald Trump in 2024 in hopes that he would bring transparency around the Jeffrey Epstein case, Epstein survivor Jena Lisa Jones said in an interview this week that she now fears “we’re not going to get justice in all of this”.
“I wanted my day in court,” said Jones, who has said she was abused by Epstein when she was 14, in an interview on the Shadow Sessions podcast that aired on Thursday morning. “I didn’t get that, and we were so close to it, it really got ripped from us, and then after [Epstein] passed, everything just went into a circus show.”
Jones said she backed Trump in the 2024 election because of his promises to release the files related to Epstein – who died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal charges of sex-trafficking minors – and his network.
“Trump ran his whole freakin’ election on the release of these freakin’ files,” she said. “And it sparked it back all up again, gave us hope, gave me hope at least.
“He runs his campaign on this, and he runs it really, really hard to the point that a lot of us voted for him,” she added.
However, after the election, Jones said that she felt a shift.
“As soon as he gets in, we started pushing for the release of the files, and now it’s a ‘Democratic hoax’,” she said, referring to remarks Trump made in the fall in which he dismissed some calls to the release additional Epstein files as a Democratic “hoax”…
Jena Lisa Jones
People Are Sharing What Finally Made Their MAGA Family Members Change Their Minds
My very Catholic aunt voted for Kamala in the last election. Everyone else in my family who voted for Trump regrets it now. It's strange how things have changed."
Justice Department Responds to Photo of Pam Bondi Portrait in Trash Can
Justice Department responds to photo of Pam Bondi portrait in trash can
President Donald Trump announced that Bondi would be departing from his administration.
www.newsweek.com
USDA Cuts Millions In Grants To Iowa Farm Supporters Right Before Funds Were Distributed
March 30, 2026
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Reading your post reminded me of this story back in the Iraq war days. People initially thought the US was using Napalm again.
US admits using white phosphorus in Falluja
US forces yesterday made their clearest admission yet that white phosphorus was used as a weapon against insurgents in Iraq.
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