Secretary of State Marco Rubio Cancels Visas For An Entire Country

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced the United States will revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders.

Rubio revoked the visas after South Sudan refused to accept South Sudan nationals expelled from the United States.

“The State Department is taking actions to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and prevent further issuance to prevent entry,” Rubio shared.

He added, “Every country must accept the return of its citizens in a timely manner when another country…seeks to remove them.”

Per CBS News:

The United States is revoking all visas for South Sudanese passport holders and blocking new arrivals, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday, complaining the African nation is not accepting its nationals expelled from the U.S.

The State Department “is taking actions to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and prevent further issuance to prevent entry,” Rubio said in a statement.

It was the first such measure singling out all passport holders from a particular country since President Trump returned to the White House on Jan. 20, having campaigned on an anti-immigration platform.

Rubio accused the transitional government in Juba of “taking advantage of the United States,” saying that “every country must accept the return of its citizens in a timely manner when another country…seeks to remove them.”

Washington “will be prepared to review these actions when South Sudan is in full cooperation,” Rubio added.

Check out what AP reported:

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that the United States was revoking all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders, accusing the African nation’s government of “taking advantage of the United States.”

“Every country must accept the return of its citizens in a timely manner when another country, including the United States, seeks to remove them,” Rubio said in a statement, adding that “South Sudan’s transitional government has failed to fully respect this principle.”

Besides revoking visas, Rubio said the U.S. would “prevent further issuance to prevent entry into the United States by South Sudanese passport holders.”

South Sudan’s political landscape is fragile and recent violence between government troops and armed opposition groups has escalated tensions.

[H/T We Love Trump]



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