Biden threw open the border to people who hate this country.
Trump opened it to people who love it – and they showed up waving American flags.
Now thousands more of them won't come – and the reason will make you love them even more.
The Dogs That Are Stopping a Mass Exodus
Almost all of the 4,499 refugees admitted to the United States this fiscal year are Afrikaners – white South Africans fleeing a country that discriminates against them, seizes their property, and lets criminals poison their guard dogs before breaking in to kill them.
These are the refugees the Left has always despised.
They show up grateful.
They work.
They bring their children and wave the American flag on the tarmac.
But thousands more are refusing to make the trip – and the reason is one the Left will never understand.
They won't leave their dogs behind.
"We can't and won't leave our dogs behind," Afrikaners told the Volkstaat organization on social media this week.
This isn't sentiment.
In South Africa, Afrikaner families keep large protection breeds – Boerboels chief among them – because they have no choice.
Criminals poison dogs deliberately before home invasions, removing the one thing standing between a farming family and the men coming to kill them.
The dogs aren't pets.
They're the last line of defense.
What the US Embassy Policy Actually Says
The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program covers flights and resettlement for people.
It doesn't cover dogs.
Official U.S. Embassy guidance states that the government and its implementing partners do not assist in or fund pet transportation, and recommends that refugees wait at least 90 days after arriving before even arranging to bring their animals over – on their own dime.
For a farming family that just lost everything, paying international air freight for a Boerboel while living in temporary housing isn't possible.
So they stay.
They stay in a country where their government sings songs about killing them, where rural police take hours to respond, where the radical Economic Freedom Fighters refuse court orders to stop chanting "Kill the Boer."
They stay – because they refuse to abandon the animal that kept their children safe.
Erik Prince put it plainly this week: "Boerboels are a fantastic breed and a beloved one protected my family for many years. They belong in America too."
Trump Should Fix This
The Trump administration built this program from scratch against total opposition.
They signed the executive order in February 2025, cut off aid to South Africa, stood firm while the media called it racism, and processed nearly 5,000 people who deserve to be here.
Now there's one more step.
The State Department needs a pet transport provision – or at minimum a partnership with an animal welfare organization to coordinate flights – so families don't have to choose between safety and their dogs.
America is a country that loves dogs.
The Afrikaners are a people who love dogs – because their dogs love them back in ways that matter when your government has decided you're the enemy.
The Left screams about "refugees" every time Trump deports someone who crossed illegally and murdered a citizen.
Watch them say nothing when Trump lets in the kind of refugees they despise most – competent, grateful, hard-working people who never needed a diversity visa because they can already outwork anyone in the room.
Fix the pet policy, Mr. President.
Sources:
- Amy Curtis, "Here's the Reason Thousands of Afrikaners Are Declining President Trump's Refugee Offer," Townhall, April 13, 2026.
- U.S. Embassy South Africa, "Refugee Admissions Program for South Africans," U.S. Embassy & Consulates in South Africa, 2025.
- U.S. Embassy South Africa, "U.S. Refugee Admissions Program FAQs," U.S. Embassy & Consulates in South Africa, 2025.
- Staff, "Almost all US refugees are now from South Africa, as Trump focuses on Afrikaners," The Christian Science Monitor, April 8, 2026.
- Staff, "U.S. aims to process 4,500 refugee applications from white South Africans per month," Star Advertiser/Reuters, February 26, 2026.
