White South African refugees have fled persecution, and President Donald Trump's decision to bring them to the U.S. is angering the Left.

American officials welcomed a group of 59 white South Africans at Washington Dulles International Airport on Monday afternoon, in a ceremony greeting them as refugees based on the argument that they are fleeing discrimination and racially based violence in their home country.

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.