Fave Refugees

Meet Donald Trump's favorite refugees

Donald Trump and his chief goon, Stephen “Baby Goebbels” Miller, have basically cut off refugee assistance in this country. And with help from the corrupt majority on the Supreme Court, Trump is about to deport hundreds of thousands of Haitians and several more thousand Syrians.

SCOTUS has approved of Donald Trump ending the Temporary Protected Status (TPC) of Haitian and Syrian refugees, even if he has broadcast that his motives are racist.

You may have heard the Fox News talking point, “Some people don't understand the meaning of the word temporary.” That is extremely callous and ignorant. The situation is still temporary. Anyone who uses the Fox News talking point needs to be asked, “How long in this situation is temporary for you? They should also be asked, “Who are you to decide how long is temporary?”

But the argument for ending TPS status for refugees is that it is safe for them to return home now. The only problem with this argument is that the State Department still advises American citizens not to travel to these countries. Sending refugees back to Haiti or Syria is a death sentence for many of them.

Of course, Donald Trump doesn't care about life or death for other people, and he especially doesn’t care about non-white refugees or immigrants. While he's blocking refugee status for Afghans, even those who helped us in our 20-year war against the Taliban, and ending TPS for Haitian and Syrians, Trump is giving gift bags to white “refugees” from South Africa.

The Trump regime argues that there is an ongoing genocide of white South Africans, Afrikaners, in their country, where they control 78% of the agricultural land while only being 7% of the population.

Trump isn't just inviting and welcoming in these so-called “refugees,” but he's giving them welcome packs. So, what's in these welcome packages? The packages include the American flag, copies of the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence, an Android tablet, and materials that give a simplistic and revisionist view of American and South African history, particularly when it comes to civil rights and racial inequality.

The packages will include a report commissioned by the first Trump regime that downplayed slavery in the early years of the US. It will also include a children's book from the right-wing propaganda outlet PragerU that accuses the South African government of favoring Black people.

The book, titled “Around the World,” describes former South African president and civil rights leader Nelson Mandela as a lawyer and activist who sought to end apartheid “with acts of sabotage,” and alleges that South Africa's Black majority government is implementing “reverse discrimination” against white people.

PragerU CEO Marissa Streit told Newsweek that immigrants “deserve to understand the founding values that make America the freest and most prosperous nation on Earth.” It would be interesting to see what propaganda she is talking about because PragerU has a history of spreading bullshit.

Streit also said that the company was proud to offer content honoring the new arrivals’ intelligence, after other materials were “beneath them.” Oh, please.

The package also includes a letter from Alex J. Adams, who leads the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Administration for Children and Families, in which he says that the American immigration system “must put the U.S. citizen first” and welcomes only those who will “assimilate into the American way of life.” You know, white people. Wink, wink, nudge nudge.

Kate Brick, executive director of the group's Refugee Advocacy Lab, told Newsweek, “This administration has transformed a decades-long, bipartisan refugee resettlement program into one that privileges white South Africans while abandoning more than 100,000 refugees who were already vetted and approved to come to the United States. The 'welcome packet' is just the latest manifestation of a policy that treats refugees differently based on race.”

Anna Kelly, a White House spokesgoon, told Newsweek that Trump was offering “a lifeline” for Afrikaners who had been “raped, maimed, killed and driven off their property” across South Africa. Meanwhile, Trump is sending Haitians back to where they may be raped and killed.

Kelly also said, “While the South African government and many in the media have brushed off the horrific lived experiences of this community, the Trump administration continues to process applications for refugee status because the president has a humanitarian heart.”

A humanitarian heart? I don't think even PragerU can spread the bullshit that thick.

These Afrikaners are met at the airport and placed in furnished housing with essential supplies, food, and clothing, along with these gift bags. Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war started by Russia were not met with gift bags. The yearly cap for refugees in the US. is 7,500, and Trump is giving most of those spots to white South Africans.

Shawn VanDiver, president of AfghanEvac, which supports those who assisted US troops in Afghanistan, told Newsweek, "Afghan allies didn't ask for gift bags. They asked America to keep its word."

Creative note: I had another idea that works along the same lines as this one, and I had a hard time choosing between the two. I may still draw it in a day or so. This cartoon needed 10 layers and Procreate.

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