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U.S. President issued an expanded version of visa ban on Nigeria and five different nations

On Friday, US President Donald Trump issued an extended version of a visa ban that will target considered migrants from Nigeria and five different nations, which could impact a significant number of people.

Four African countries and three other nations which have a Muslim majority are included in the list of visa ban. Immigration advocates and Democrats blame Trump for seeking to extend its initial 2017 ban that focused nations that have a Muslim majority and disproportionately concentrating more on African countries, The National reported.

During a call with journalists, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced that the six nations neglected to meet US security and data sharing benchmarks, which required the new limitations. The issues Wolf referred to were sub-par passport technology and the inability to exchange data on criminals and terror suspects as well.

Wolf added that Belarus had taken measures to remedy deficiencies in recent months, and it won't face visa restrictions.

The United States will delay the issuance of visas that could give permanent residency for nationals of Nigeria, Eritrea, Myanmar, and Kyrgyzstan, a presidential decree declared. It added temporary visas for tourism, students, business, and workers wouldn't be affected.

The US government additionally will stop giving diversity visas to nationals of Tanzania and Sudan, the decree declared. The visas, which Trump has condemned, are accessible by lottery for candidates from nations with low rates of immigration.

The first travel ban prevented all travelers and immigrants from seven nations with a dominant Muslim population. The strategy was altered amid court trials, yet the US Supreme Court eventually supported it in June 2018. Trump has made cracking down immigration movement a focal point of his 2020 election campaign. His travel ban strategy is famous among Republican supporters.

The current version of the ban comprises Yemen, Iran, Somalia, Libya, Syria. Venezuela and North Korea also face visa bans, though those measures affect moderately, not many tourists. Those limitations will stay set up.

The new travel ban will take place on February 21, as indicated by the declaration.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reprimanded the ban, calling it "discrimination camouflaged as a strategy." She said the Democrats would present enactment barring religious discrimination in the US migration system.

The US State Department will hold meetings in Washington on Monday and Tuesday with Onyeama, other officials, and business leaders.

Investors’ visas, which lead to a PR visa, will also be banned. However, the restrictions won't apply to skilled foreign workers coming to the United States on H-1B visas, as indicated by a DHS official who informed correspondents. Such visas are transitory, yet can lead to PR visa.

Individuals with pending visa requests, some of whom have waited for years, will be rejected.

According to The National news, all candidates will have the option to apply for a waiver, a procedure as of now set up under Trump's current ban. Yet, a governmental lawsuit defying the administration says the waiver procedure is challenging to navigate.

Article Credit: The National

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