White Afrikaner brought to US by Trump administration has history of antisemitic posts

Charl Kleinhaus, a white Afrikaner from South Africa who had been granted refugee status by the U.S. despite admitting posting what he said was an error on social media related to medication, sparked concern over the use of his online activity in immigration decisions. Now running a mining company in South Africa, Kleinhaus told the New York Times he wasn’t antisemitic and that the post in question was mistakenly shared. However, U.S. authorities have increasingly targeted pro-Palestinian activists using claims of antisemitism as grounds for deportation, while Kleinhaus’s case highlights how personal online behavior could be misused in immigration processes.