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.

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.

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 group arrived in the U.S. on Monday, receiving an unusual exception to Trump's sweeping January executive order. Nine people will come to Twin Falls.