Trump wants to extend citizenship to "any farmer" from South Africa, but experts say he likely can't

[Eugene]

Earlier DU thread: Trump Throws Musk a Bone With White South African Order

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Source: Salon

Trump wants to extend citizenship to "any farmer" from South Africa, but experts say he likely can't

But the president "does not have the authority" to create a visa or citizenship rule without Congress, experts say

By Griffin Eckstein
Published March 7, 2025 1:54PM (EST)

President Donald Trump announced a proposal to extend citizenship to white South African farmers on Friday, citing what he claims is mistreatment at the hands of their government.

“Any Farmer (with family!) from South Africa, seeking to flee that country for reasons of safety, will be invited into the United States of America with a rapid pathway to Citizenship. This process will begin immediately!” Trump wrote in a post to Truth Social.

But legal experts say Trump alone has no ability to extend citizenship to favored groups.

“This administration has become fixated on using executive orders to try to replace the function of Congress,” Rosanna Berardi, managing partner of an immigration law firm, said in an interview. “To create any type of visa classification… that falls squarely on the shoulders of Congress.”

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Read more: https://www.salon.com/2025/03/07/wants-to-extend-citizenship-to-any-farmer-from-south-africa-but-experts-say-he-likely-cant/

[Irish_Dem]

1. Who will stop him?

[marble falls]

3. You mean other than the Constitution? And a SCOTUS that he mostly loses in front of?

[Irish_Dem]

5. Trump ignores it all and does what he wants.

SC has no enforcement power at all.

US constitution is just a piece of paper to Trump.
Maybe something he could sell for a good price.

[marble falls]

2. Including black farmers? I bet not. Mango is helping the egg crisis by laying an egg himself.

[Eugene]

6. It all depends on the wording of the EO, especially if he wants to use TPS.

Temporary Protected Status for people in crisis is stated elsewhere,
but this is also noted:

... My understanding of the South African quote-unquote ‘crisis’ is it only applies to a certain population, if you will,

That also doesn't stop them from treating Black farmers as usurpers and oppressors.

[hlthe2b]

4. As we rapidly descend into the world's most racist & hated nation....

sigh...

[creon]

7. There should not be very many

White SA farmers have been moving to Mozambique

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/may/01/boers-moving-north-african-governments

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. trump is a racist idiot who wants to break the law to help other racists

[Kid Berwyn]

9. Looking for Aryan genetic stock, now.

Back up fertility fodder reinforcements for the limpy mushroomers and couchhumpers of the Turd Reich.