WATCH: Trump claims white farmers are target of genocide in South Africa

President Donald Trump said Monday he’s allowing white South Africans to come to the United States to avoid “genocide.”

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Trump said during a news conference at the White House that he’s allowing white farmers from South Africa to come to the United States as refugees because of the “genocide that’s taking place.” He claimed that in a post-apartheid South Africa, white farmers are “being killed” and he plans to address the issue with South African leadership next week.

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Trump said he doesn’t care whether the South African farmers are “white or Black” or “about their height, their weight.”

But at a time when the administration has sought to halt refugee admissions from many other countries undergoing political upheaval, Trump said the U.S. has “essentially extended citizenship” to South African farmers to escape from the violence.

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