The order, which would use state and local officers, among others, would represent an enormous expansion of immigration enforcement. But it is unclear how it would be paid for.
The rapid relocation of the Afrikaners, who President Trump says have been racially persecuted in South Africa, stands in stark contrast to the virtual shutdown of all other refugee admissions.
A group of white South Africans rallying outside the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria this year. The South African government has vigorously disputed the claim by the United States that Afrikaners qualify for refugee status.