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White South Africans rallying in support of Trump outside the US Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, in this file photo from Feb 15, 2025. — Joao Silva/The New York Times

THE Afrikaner family of nine looked around the small office space in Birmingham, Alabama, feeling jet-lagged as they took in their new surroundings.

Errol Langton, the patriarch of the white South African family, had spent much of his time so far with a pen in hand, signing required documents at a ­refugee coordinating office.

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