Rubio says US allowed to ‘pick and choose’ who gets refugee status, including Afrikaners

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President Donald Trump‘s administration is asserting its right not to be “evenhanded” on the demographics of foreigners it allows into the United States.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared Tuesday before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) pressed him on the White House’s recent decision to extend refugee status to Afrikaners while widely suspending such programs for other groups.

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