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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2607
5	5	To designate residents of South Africa as Priority 2 refugees of special
6	6	humanitarian concern, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	APRIL2, 2025
9	9	Mr. N
10	10	EHLSintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
11	11	on the Judiciary
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To designate residents of South Africa as Priority 2 refugees
14	14	of special humanitarian concern, and for other purposes.
15	15	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
16	16	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
17	17	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
18	18	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Asylum for Farmers 4
19	19	and Refugees In Krsis And Necessary Emigration Reset-5
20	20	tlement Act’’ or the ‘‘AFRIKANER Act’’. 6
21	21	SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN RESIDENTS OF SOUTH 7
22	22	AFRICA AS PRIORITY 2 REFUGEES. 8
23	23	(a) I
24	24	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in con-9
25	25	sultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall 10
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28	28	•HR 2607 IH
29	29	designate as Priority 2 refugees of special humanitarian 1
30	30	concern the following categories of aliens: 2
31	31	(1) Residents of South Africa who are members 3
32	32	of the Caucasian minority group and have suffered 4
33	33	persecution, or have a well-founded fear of persecu-5
34	34	tion, on account of their race, ethnicity, or ancestry. 6
35	35	(2) The spouses, children, and parents (as such 7
36	36	terms are defined in subsections (a) and (b) of sec-8
37	37	tion 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 9
38	38	U.S.C. 1101)) of individuals described in paragraph 10
39	39	(1), except such parents who are citizens of a coun-11
40	40	try other than South Africa. 12
41	41	(b) P
42	42	ROCESSING OFSOUTHAFRICANREFUGEES.— 13
43	43	The processing of individuals described in subsection (a) 14
44	44	for classification as refugees may occur in South Africa 15
45	45	or in a third country. 16
46	46	(c) E
47	47	LIGIBILITY FORADMISSION ASREFUGEES.—An 17
48	48	alien may not be denied the opportunity to apply for ad-18
49	49	mission as a refugee under this section primarily because 19
50	50	such alien— 20
51	51	(1) qualifies as an immediate relative of a cit-21
52	52	izen of the United States; or 22
53	53	(2) is eligible for admission to the United 23
54	54	States under any other immigrant classification. 24
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58	58	(d) FACILITATION OFADMISSIONS.—An applicant 1
59	59	for admission to the United States from South Africa may 2
60	60	not be denied primarily on the basis of a politically moti-3
61	61	vated arrest, detention, or other adverse government ac-4
62	62	tion taken against such applicant as a result of the appli-5
63	63	cant’s race, ethnicity, or ancestry. 6
64	64	(e) E
65	65	XCLUSIONFROMNUMERICALLIMITATIONS.— 7
66	66	Aliens provided refugee status under this section shall not 8
67	67	be counted against any numerical limitation under section 9
68	68	201, 202, 203, or 207 of the Immigration and Nationality 10
69	69	Act (8 U.S.C. 1151, 1152, 1153, or 1157). 11
70	70	(f) R
71	71	EPORTINGREQUIREMENTS.— 12
72	72	(1) I
73	73	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 13
74	74	after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 14
75	75	every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of State and 15
76	76	the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a 16
77	77	report on the matters described in paragraph (2) 17
78	78	to— 18
79	79	(A) the Committee on the Judiciary and 19
80	80	the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-20
81	81	ate; and 21
82	82	(B) the Committee on the Judiciary and 22
83	83	the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 23
84	84	of Representatives. 24
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88	88	(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED .—Each report 1
89	89	required by paragraph (1) shall include— 2
90	90	(A) the total number of applications that 3
91	91	are pending at the end of the reporting period; 4
92	92	(B) the average wait-times for all appli-5
93	93	cants who are, as of the date of the report, 6
94	94	awaiting— 7
95	95	(i) employment verification; 8
96	96	(ii) a prescreening interview with a re-9
97	97	settlement support center; 10
98	98	(iii) an interview with U.S. Citizen-11
99	99	ship and Immigration Services; and 12
100	100	(iv) the completion of security checks; 13
101	101	and 14
102	102	(C) the number of denials of applications 15
103	103	for refugee status, disaggregated by the reason 16
104	104	for each such denial. 17
105	105	(3) F
106	106	ORM.—Each report required by paragraph 18
107	107	(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 19
108	108	include a classified annex. 20
109	109	(4) P
110	110	UBLIC REPORTS.—The Secretary of State 21
111	111	shall make each report submitted under this sub-22
112	112	section available to the public on the internet website 23
113	113	of the Department of State. 24
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117	117	(g) SATISFACTION OF OTHERREQUIREMENTS.— 1
118	118	Aliens granted status under this section as Priority 2 refu-2
119	119	gees of special humanitarian concern under the refugee 3
120	120	resettlement priority system shall be considered to satisfy 4
121	121	the requirements under section 207 of the Immigration 5
122	122	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) for admission to the 6
123	123	United States. 7
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