President Condemns Detention Of U.S. Officials In South Africa
December 22, 2025
1:18 am
United States government urges immediate accountability after officials supporting the Afrikaner minority briefly detained amid refugee tensions.
President Donald Trump’s administration has sharply condemned the detention of U.S. officials in South Africa, calling for immediate accountability and heightening tensions between the two nations.
According to a State Department statement, the U.S. “condemns in the strongest terms” the brief detention of two U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) refugee officers. The officials had been providing assistance related to the Afrikaner minority, a group seeking refuge in the United States. Seven Kenyan nationals were also arrested in connection with allegedly working illegally
