Trump Targets South Africa With Visa Restrictions Over White-Discrimination Claims

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Trump Targets South Africa With Visa Restrictions Over White-Discrimination Claims
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The Trump administration announced visa restrictions on selected South Africans, expanding punitive actions after President Trump accused Pretoria of anti-white discrimination and echoed prior claims about land seizures and killings; the policy bars the named individuals from entering the United States, though the affected people aren’t publicly disclosed. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has denounced the move as racist, while Washington says South Africa hasn’t done enough to address the concerns, and the article notes that genocide claims against white South Africans are widely considered false.

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