White South African refugees fall foul of Republican driving rules in US midwest

Newly arrived South Africans listen to the US deputy secretary of state, Christopher Landau, in a Washington aircraft hangar on 12 May 2025. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Among President Trump’s most vocal supporters are South Africans seeking asylum in the US.

An estimated 6,300 people have arrived in the US since the administration’s announcement in February last year of a refugee resettlement program specifically for white South Africans and other minorities.