President Trump has singled out White Afrikaner farmers for U.S. refugee status, claiming they're persecuted in South Africa. But most people there say it's simply not true.

Resettlement groups say the arrival of the Afrikaners shows how the government can quickly move and hope others with long waits can come to the US.

Trump recently echoed many of these points verbatim as justification for the Afrikaner refugee program and for punitive measures toward South Africa itself. He’s pointed specifically to attacks on white farmers and a 2024 land expropriation law as evidence of these allegations.

The president and South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa have a lot to talk about next week.