The Administration’s shameful approach to refugee resettlement is organized around prioritizing white-only Afrikaners and betraying everyone else, including thousands of Afghan allies who risked their lives for our nation, and thousands of other approved and vetted refugees twisting in the wind.
Dick Durbin: “The Administration’s shameful approach to refugee resettlement is organized around prioritizing white-only Afrikaners…”
On the recordMay 27, 2026
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Statement on Trump Administration’s refugee consultation
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