The Trump admin's move to prioritize resettlement of South African refugees in the U.S. has sparked allegations of hypocrisy and questions about who is footing the bill.

Hours after he took office, Trump shut down the refugee resettlement program, effectively ending a pathway for refugees to secure asylum in the United States and choking off all funding for refugee resettlement.

The newly arrived people are from the ethnic minority of Afrikaners, the group of whites who ruled South Africa during apartheid.