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US claims ‘emergency refugee situation’ as it admits 10,000 more white South Africans
(www.theguardian.com)
America is having an emergency president situation
this post was submitted on 19 May 2026
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So they're importing a bunch of racists from South Africa. Who will vote for fascist Rs. Isn't that what they accuse Ds of doing?
Every accusation ...
They accuse Dems of bussing in voters, God forbid we give anyone a ride to where they need to be? Here they are actually flying in and importing Republican voters from foreign countries and we're supposed to be just fine with it because the Republican party is the respectable party of patriots lmao. I hate these fucking assholes.
I'm more interested in how many of these people are winding up working for ICE.
Yikes, hadn't thought of that too. As if we need to import racists.
Not just racists but racists with tribal knowledge concerning the implementation and maintenance of Apartheid.
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Using the max number from the article of 17,500 people, that's not enough to make any real difference. Maybe if they went through a major effort to settle them in one or two close congressional districts.
Also they can't vote for at least 5 years after they arrive assuming they all rush to get their citizenship.
But would they even be eligible to vote?
Sure, if they speed up the naturalization process for them
Yikes
They're not sending their best.
Why are they racist?
Agreed, we don't know that they are racist. Like most anywhere, you are very likely to find a mix of both racist, anti-racist, and everyone in between. However, given relatively recent historical context, they are likely to have a higher proportion of racists with a higher degree of severity.
The real winners in all of this are the people of South Africa who no longer have to deal with these racist pieces of shit
Yes. Thank you for taking them from us. Some of you may be exposed to bigotry, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.
jdpon don strikes again by helping south africa’s decolonization efforts 🫡
/j
Please publish their names and addresses so that we, their new neighbors, may properly welcome them.
100% none of them are vetted.
Their bank accounts and political ideology datapoints were, I guarantee it.
Like we need any more stupid white people in this country. (I'm white.)
I might be wrong but dropping 10k more white fascists in the USA is just a drop in an (half full) bucket
But he’s not racist
These neo-confederates will make for shitty soldiers. The world will be better someday, once their plots are filled and promptly forgotten.
That's exactly what we need… ffs.
Reminder for anyone who doesn't know, it's highly likely that the Q account on 8chan was a white South Afrikaner before the account was highjacked by Ron Watkins and his father Jim Watkins (owners of the image board). Allegedly.
Gross.
I wonder how they will get to vote. Hmmm.
They're not sending their best
I hear that Alligator Alcatraz is available!
What are they getting for an ID as "refugees"?
Real question. We need answers.
Edit to add:
Look into the origins of "white genocide" and great replacement type con-piracy theories and remember that, somehow, every accusation is a confession.
Musk's new Braun shirt army.
Elon's slow walk invasion. Part of a side agreement he and trump have. Everyone step right up! We're selling it all!!
i mean, this could be seen as a good thing, as a sort of late decolonization? if he gets the white people (which are all descendants of colonizers) out of south africa.
Not really, if we accept that premise then it's just furthering colonization of a different place.
Man, I watched The Second Civil War for the first time a couple months ago, and thought it was kind of an interesting take on what issues might be prevalent today. I thought the mass immigration of certain groups to appease political groups seemed a little far fetched though. I guess nothing is satire anymore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Second_Civil_War
I recently watched that movie. I liked the part where a news reporter has a freak out and says there is no other news. This is how they should be reacting to current events
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