‘Raises serious questions’: White House blasts Episcopal church over refusal to help white refugees

59 South African refugees arrive in the U.S. on Monday, May 12, 2025 (U.S. State Department photo)

The White House condemned the Episcopal Church on Tuesday after it withdrew from federal refugee resettlement programs in protest when the government asked the church to resettle white refugees from South Africa.

In a Monday letter, a top church leader noted South Africa’s history of Apartheid and said that assisting the refugees cuts against its “steadfast commitment to racial justice and...