The Trump administration is reportedly planning to resettle up to 17,500 White Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees in the U.S. over the next 12 months. This information comes from a notice sent to Congress and obtained by CBS News. The State Department informed lawmakers that the U.S. will allocate 17,500 refugee spots for fiscal year 2027, which begins in October. These spots are expected to be primarily given to Afrikaners, an ethnic group of European descent in South Africa, whom President Trump has claimed are being oppressed for their race. While the Trump administration has largely halted the U.S. refugee program for people fleeing persecution and violence worldwide, it has made an exception for Afrikaners. Over the past year and a half, the administration has resettled thousands of Afrikaners in the U.S. Officials have described Afrikaners as victims of racial oppression in post-apartheid South Africa. The State Department's notice to Congress cited issues such as the seizure of agricultural land without compensation, government policies that allegedly hinder equal opportunities in employment, education, and business, and rhetoric that fuels violence against minorities. The U.S. has also recently imposed sanctions on South African officials it claims are responsible for discrimination against Afrikaners. The resettlement of Afrikaners is expected to cost the U.S. government around $500 million, according to the notice. The State Department stated that it anticipates Afrikaners will assimilate fully into American society without burdening U.S. taxpayers or expecting other countries to take them in. President Trump has previously claimed that Afrikaners are facing a "genocide" in South Africa. During a tense Oval Office meeting last year, he confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with a video highlighting the murders of White farmers. However, these claims have been strongly disputed. A recent "60 Minutes" report featured Afrikaners who rejected the idea of a "genocide" against White people in South Africa. Instead, they suggested that farm murders are part of a broader crime issue affecting people of all races. The South African government has consistently denied that it is persecuting Afrikaners, who are descendants of European settlers, mainly from the Netherlands. The debate over the situation of Afrikaners continues to be a contentious and polarizing topic both in South Africa and in the U.S.