After suspending the US refugee program, President Trump is making an exception for white South Africans, known as Afrikaners

A flight carrying a group of 59 White South Africans granted refugee status in the United States by the Trump administration arrived at Washington Dulles airport in Virginia on Monday, a State Department official said.

Deputy Secretary of State Chris Landau told the refugees that the U.S. is the "land of the free" after they arrived at Dulles International Airport on Monday.