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From the fringes to the mainstream: Meet the hard-line anti-immigration activist who helped shape Trump's agenda

5:03am June 23, 2025

The former leader of FAIR, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, Dan Stein, retired this year after more than 40 at the helm of the organization. The right-wing group has long fought to reduce immigration and for tougher border controls. Under President Trump, Stein's once-fringe ideas are now being enacted.

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Why Baptists in North Carolina agreed to resettle Afrikaners as refugees

1:48pm May 21, 2025

Despite controversy over Afrikaners' refugee status, a Baptist ministry says they have a religious duty to help settle them in the U.S.

First Afrikaners granted refugee status due to arrive in U.S.

10:22pm May 08, 2025

Three months ago, President Trump signed an executive order telling white Afrikaans South Africans they could apply for refugee status in the U.S. The first group has been swiftly processed and is set to arrive on U.S. soil Monday

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Reporters' notebook: revisiting Afghan refugees starting anew in the U.S.

5:04am December 31, 2024

NPR reporters revisit Afghans who fled their home country after Taliban's takeover in the summer of 2021.

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