In a heated Senate exchange, Senator Tim Kaine challenged Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the U.S. prioritizing Afrikaner farmers from South Africa for refugee status. Rubio defended the move by saying they had passed legal checks and were victims of race-based land seizures. Kaine countered, citing South Africa’s current government of national unity — which includes Afrikaner-led parties — arguing there's no systemic persecution. He criticized the U.S. for never having similar special refugee programs for Black South Africans during apartheid, calling the current policy biased and unprecedented.