On Monday afternoon, a group of 59 white Afrikaners waving American flags arrived at Dulles International Airport, just outside the U.S. capital. On his first day in office, Trump had frozen the admission of all other refugees, including people who had been vetted and approved, and who were already packing their bags, both literally and metaphorically. And yet, two weeks later, the administration created a special refugee status for white South Africans, repeating the dubious and widely debunked claims that they are “victims of unjust racial discrimination” and amplifying false claims of a “white genocide” by allies like Elon Musk and Charlie Kirk.