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They Sold Everything. Then the Flight Was Canceled.

Morning Wire

The Daily Wire

News, Daily News

4.926.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

One of President Trump’s first major actions after returning to office was offering refuge to white South Africans who faced property seizures and racial violence at home. The decision sparked a political firestorm, but months later, many Afrikaners say their promised path to America has stalled. Daily Wire immigration reporter Jennie Taer joins Tim Rice to discuss her investigation into the refugee program, the nonprofit at the center of the controversy, and why some refugees have been left in limbo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:32.1

administration launched a refugee resettlement program for white South Africans. The Afrikaners, as they're called, are an ethnic minority in South Africa.

0:41.2

Last year, reports began surfacing that Black South Africans were terrorizing Afrikaner farmers,

0:47.0

driving them from their land, setting fire to their property,

0:50.0

even killing them and leaving their mangled bodies in mass graves.

0:53.8

For the first few months of the second Trump administration, this was a major story.

0:58.4

Democrats questioned the legitimacy of the accounts and accused Republicans of hypocrisy,

1:03.2

letting in white refugees while trying to secure the southern border.

1:07.5

The White House stayed the course, with President Trump going so far as to confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on the issue in the Oval Office.

1:15.6

All of which makes it so much more shocking that the story has all but disappeared.

1:20.6

I'm DLewire DC Bureau Chief Tim Rice, and this is behind the story.

1:24.6

Today, we're taking a second look at the Africana refugees.

1:28.7

How many have been resettled?

1:30.0

How many are still stuck in South Africa?

1:32.2

And what happened to this story?

1:34.0

Why did it disappear?

1:35.9

Joining us to answer those questions and more is Daily Wire immigration reporter Jenny

1:39.8

Tair.

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