South African officials have cast the move as a politically motivated attempt to discredit the country. The Trump administration has criticized the South African government for having a close relationship with Iran and for its stance against Israel.

Nearly 50 Afrikaner refugees arrived in Washington, D.C., on Monday—despite President Donald Trump pausing most other refugee programs.

Trump stirs controversy by calling Afrikaners, a minority group descended from Dutch colonists, victims of a ‘genocide’