The United States has condemned South Africa's detention of U.S. officials who were reportedly providing support to the Afrikaner minority group. This incident occurred on Tuesday, with two U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services refugee officers briefly detained then released, while seven Kenyan nationals were arrested for illegally processing refugee applications.

• Two U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services refugee officers were briefly detained in South Africa.
• The U.S. State Department condemned the detention and the public release of U.S. officials' passport information.
• The Trump administration aims to bring white South Africans to the United States claiming racial persecution.