“These are people that, on the basis of their race, are having their properties taken away from them and their lives are being threatened and in some cases k*lled."

"We've often been lectured by people all over the place about how the United States needs to continue to be a beacon for those who are oppressed abroad. Well, here's an example where we're doing that.". //

RedPanda
4 hours ago
Here's a better question, South Africa claims that there is a genocide happening in Gaza, but has made no effort to take in South Levant Arab refugees, why is that? //

Dieter Schultz
2 hours ago

Rubio: “These are people that, on the basis of their race, are having their properties taken away from them and their lives are being threatened and in some cases k*lled."

Why can't we just quote the text of our own law on asylum? That is:

8 U.S. Code § 1158 - Asylum
(B) Burden of proof
(i) In general

The burden of proof is on the applicant to establish that the applicant is a refugee, within the meaning of section 1101(a)(42)(A) of this title. To establish that the applicant is a refugee within the meaning of such section, the applicant must establish that race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion was or will be at least one central reason for persecuting the applicant.

There are few people admitted to this country in the last 40 years that satisfy the letter of the US' asylum law, the S. African people are surely qualified to make that claim. Whilst, people that are fleeing poverty, crime, or just a bad marriage or their mother-in-laws don't qualify for asylum.