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The State Department is unveiling new visa restrictions against the South African government after finding that the country had not addressed anti-white farmer violence, the Daily Caller has learned.
In June, the State Department notified the country that it was ending the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) after the country failed to protect white South Africans from violence and displacement, the Caller previously reported. After the country again failed to act against the discrimination, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the Caller in a statement that he will restrict visas for anyone from the country engaging in such behavior.
“The South African government has not adequately addressed the previously laid out concerns and so today, I am announcing a new visa restriction policy under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act targeting foreign nationals who are responsible for, or complicit in, the enactment or implementation of laws or policies that enable uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination, and/or the incitement of imminent violence against members of minority ethnic or racial groups in South Africa,” Rubio told the Caller in a statement.
“The United States will not allow such behavior to go unchecked. These actions directly undermine peace, economic stability, and the rule of law, and they are incompatible with the pillars of America’s foreign policy,” he continued. “We once again strongly urge the South African government to quickly address these egregious actions.”
Rubio’s statement adds an explanation of Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, noting that it “authorizes the Secretary of State to render inadmissible any alien whose entry into the United States ‘would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States.’” The Secretary of State added that these restrictions may also cover certain family members.
When the federal government restricted PEPFAR, it asked South Africa to address the following:
- Provide exemptions or alternatives for U.S. companies to Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment laws and other race-based mandates.
- Have senior government officials unequivocally condemn all race-based incitement to violence, including the “kill the Boer” song, more frequently.
- Prevent the implementation of measures that would allow expropriation without fair compensation and due process under the Expropriation Act of 2024.
- Designate rural crime a “priority crime,” and increase resources dedicated to high-crime rural areas.
- And refrain from actions that would significantly interfere with the implementation of the refugee program within the confines of South African law.
President Donald Trump has been vocal about his opposition to the White South Africans being persecuted. The president previously forced the leader of the Republic of South Africa in May 2025 to watch videos of the country’s leaders calling for the genocide of white farmers.
While meeting with Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office, Trump ordered his staff to dim the lights and play videos of “genocide in South Africa.”
The video was a montage of different clips of political leaders from the minority party in South Africa calling for killing the Boers — a term that means “farmers” and refers to white South Africans. They were chanting along.
As one of the clips played, Trump said there were a thousand burial sites of deceased white farmers in South Africa and their families lining up to pay their respects. President Ramaphosa faced forward or glanced at Trump instead of looking at the screen while the videos played.
After the video ended, NBC News’ Peter Alexander broke the silence by asking Trump about the Air Force One jet Qatar is giving to the United States.
“You ought to get out of here. What does this have to do with a Qatari jet? They are giving the United States Air Force a jet, and it’s a great thing. We are talking about a lot of other things. NBC is trying to get off the subject of what you just saw. You are a terrible reporter. Number one, you don’t have what it takes to be a reporter,” Trump started. “You are not smart enough.”