White South Africans arrive in U.S. after being granted refugee status

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A level carrying dozens of White South Africans arrived astatine Dulles International Airport connected Monday, a State Department authoritative said, aft the Trump medication granted them exile presumption successful the United States.

The radical — which includes families with children — was expected to beryllium greeted by U.S. officials astatine the bluish Virginia airport, documents obtained by CBS News show.

Earlier this year, President Trump directed officials to let South Africans of European descent to beryllium resettled done the U.S. exile program, alleging they person faced favoritism by South Africa's post-apartheid government. The South African authorities has powerfully denied the allegation.

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