21 African, Asian Countries Targeted in President Trump’s Crackdown on Visa Overstays

21 African, Asian Countries Targeted in President Trump’s Crackdown on Visa Overstays

African and Asian countries will be the most targeted in President Donald Trump's latest order for a crackdown on visa overstays.

The US Today reports that the crackdown will only target 12 percent of immigrants who travel to the US on short-term visas but fail to leave upon their expiry.

On Monday, Trump signed a memorandum directing the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit plans within four months to crack down on visa overstays.

Such plans include punishing countries whose citizens have a high number of overstays and making it mandatory for foreign travelers to deposit "admission bonds" that would be refunded once they leave the US.

"Although the United States benefits from legitimate (non-immigrant) entry, individuals who abuse the visa process and decline to abide by the terms and conditions of their visas, including their visa departure dates, undermine the integrity of our immigration system and harm the national interest," Trump wrote in his memorandum.

Trump asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to engage with the governments of countries whose over 10 percent of their citizens traveling to the US on short-term visas fail to exit the country when the documents expire.

Such countries will be slapped with punishments such as limiting the number of visas granted to their citizens, limiting the time its citizens are allowed to travel to the US and demanding their citizens to provide more documents when traveling.

"The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall immediately begin taking all appropriate actions that are within the scope of their respective authorities to reduce overstay rates for all classes of (non-immigrant) visas," Trump wrote.

Homeland Security data shows that 569,000 foreigners remained in the US in 2018 after their visas expired.

Based on Trump's guidelines, 21 countries whose 35,442 of their citizens overstayed their US visas in 2018 could face sanctions.

Among the 21, 13 of them are African countries that include Nigeria, Angola,  Chad, Sudan, Burundi, Cape Verde, DRC Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Liberia, Mauritania, Somalia, and South Sudan.

Nigeria is the most targeted because 29,004 of its citizens overstayed their visas in 2018. 

Targeted Asian countries include Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen.

 

Comments

Mucang’ang’a (not verified)     Wed, 04/24/2019 @ 12:47pm

How is Kenya not in this list?? They have rigged us out. Cape Verde with a population of Kitui is ahead of Kenya? How many visas are issued there?

Dr. Koni Hanene (not verified)     Wed, 04/24/2019 @ 01:48pm

I applaud the move especially on Nigerians. Nigerians travel to other countries with intentions of either staying or committing crimes. There is nothing like "Nigerian tourism". Unfortunately, this move will also have some kind of trickle down effect, especially to gateway countries like Kenya. The ever aggressive Nigerians shut down from entering United States will definitely try to find their way to immigrate to other countries and since their door has also been shut by European, Asian countries and South Africa their next target now will be Kenya where the corrupt system makes it easy for them to acquire Kenyan citizenship for use to travel to US and Europe

Imara Daima (not verified)     Wed, 04/24/2019 @ 01:49pm

Kwa nini huyu kiongozi wa Marekani hataji (does not mention) hata kidogo watu wa asili ya Yuropa ambao ndio wengi katika nchi ya Marekani?

Kiongozi huyu wa Marekani ni "mrangi" halisi. Mrangi ni mtu ambaye hamtambui MWUMBAJi MKUU na hutumia tofauti (variables/human differences) za binadamu kama rangi, jinsia (gender) na kadhalika kuwabagua binadamu wenzake.

Sijui kwa nini haelewi wala hafahamu ya kwamba asili yake ni ya Yuropa na hana haki kuwabagua watu wengine ambao asili yao si ya Yuropa wanaotaka kuhamia hapa na kuishi kama vile mama yake na babu yake walivyofanya.

Kuna siku moja alisema wazi ya kwamba anapendela watu wa kutoka Norway wahamie nchi ya Marekani! Yafaa Wamarekani wote wapinge vikali sera (policy) yake mbaya ya ubaguzi wa rangi.

Nchi ya Marekani ina idadi (population) ya watu yapata (about) milioni 327. Na nchi ya Uchina ina watu yapata bilioni 1.4. Kwa eneo (area), nchi ya Marekani ni kubwa zaidi kuliko nchi ya Uchina. Kwa hiyo, Marekani inaweza kuwaruhusu watu milioni 500 kuhamia Marekani na kuishi kama wazazi wake walivyofanya. Hata akiwaruhusu watu nusu bilioni kuhamia hapa, idadi ya Marekani itakuwa ingali chini ya idadi ya nchi ya Uchina.

Tusije tukasahau ya kwamba watu wote waliohamia Marekani wa asili ya Afrika, Asia, na Yuropa, hakuna hata mmoja aliyepewa "Visa" au ruhusa na wenye nchi kuja na kuishi hapa Marekani.

Ndugu Winston Persaud alisema, "...today's oppressed become tomorrow's oppressors..." Watu wengi kutoka Yuropa walikimbia maisha mabaya sana kwao. Kufika hapa Marekani, wakawafanyia hata uovu mwingi wenye nchi zaidi kuliko uovu uliokuwa mahali walikotoka.

Wamarekani wa asili ya Afrika waliorudi na kuanzisha nchi ya Liberia, waliwatendea watu waliowakuta huko vibaya sana kuliko walivyotendewa hapa Marekani walipokuwa watumwa.

Hebu tutazame nchi ya Israel. Wayahudi walitendewa maovu mengi sana na kiongozi wa Ujerumani mwenda wazimu Adolf Hitler. Tazama sasa wanavyowatendea Wapalestina!

Ni lazima kiongozi wa Marekani apingwe vikali sana na dunia nzima kutokana na msimamo huu wake mbaya wa kutumia rangi ya binadamu kutekeleza (implement) uhamiaji nchini. Msisahau matusi aliyotumia kueleza juu ya nchi za Afrika. Kama @MjuAji alivyosema jana, huyu ndugu yetu kiongozi wa Marekani ana chuki nyingi sana katika mawazo yake zaidi kuhusu watu wa asili ya Afrika na nchi za marekani ya Kati na za Kusini.

mkenya halisi (not verified)     Wed, 04/24/2019 @ 05:05pm

To the African presidents please as trump deport yr pple please deport their pple too back to usa juu we have lots of white pple in africa doing all sorts of jobs.Its should b tit for tat juu kuna wazungu wengi sana wako illegal in Africa.But we have leaders who r damm n will never do the same stating we will get hurt more.Ship our pple we target n ship yrs whether wako kenya illegally or legal.

Ken motley (not verified)     Wed, 04/24/2019 @ 09:56pm

I don’t believe bashing Nigerians is fair. I work with many Nigerian brothers who are very hard working honest people, don’t let the bad few ruin the pot for all.

Ananymous UI (not verified)     Thu, 04/25/2019 @ 09:40am

These are biblical prophecies being fulfilled. Everyone will go back to their original nationalities and their place of inheritance. The so called "whites" will go back to being Edormites and the so called "blacks" will go back to being Hebrew Israelites. Trump is doing exactly what must be done. Everything will be what it was meant to be eventually.

Imara Daima (not verified)     Thu, 04/25/2019 @ 11:00am

@Kijana:

Kwa maoni (opinion) yangu, kutotumia akili tuliyopewa na MWUMBAJI MKUU ndiyo asili ya (karibu - almost)) uhalifu wote tulio nao duniani.

Hebu tutazame nchi yetu ya Kenya ya sasa. Kenya sasa ina mataifa madogo (micronations) zaidi ya arobaini. Yapata miaka 100 iliyopita, mataifa haya madogo yalikuwa yakipigana vita na kufanyiana mambo mengi mabaya.

Sasa, katika nchi ya Kenya, watu wanaoana baina (among) ya mataifa haya madogo na pia kuzaana kiwango ambacho sasa tuna taifa jipya linaloitwa "MKENYA MPYA."

"Mkenya mpya" ni nani? Ni mtu ambaye baba yake na mama yake wanatoka kwenye mataifa mawili madogo tofauti. Si ajabu siku hizi kumwona Mmeru ameolewa au kumwoa Mlogooli; au Mgikuyu ameoa au kuolewa na Mnandi! Watoto wanaozaliwa kutokana na mataifa haya mawili madogo ndio ninaowaita "Wakenya Wapya."

Ndugu @Kijana, elimu na mawasiliano (communication) ndizo nguzo (pillars) za binadamu kupatana na kuishi pamoja kwa amani.

Uliniuliza nikuambie dini yangu. Nilisita (hesitate) kidogo kwa sababu mimi si mfuasi wa dini yoyote iliyobuniwa (invented) na binadamu. Ninamtambua (recognize) MWUMBAJI MKUU kama asili ya vitu vyote tunavyoviona na vingi ambavyo hatuvioni na macho yetu. Lakini, naamini ya kwamba, kazi ya MWUMBAJI MKUU ilimalizika kabisa aliponipa "AKILI." Kila siku ninatumia akili hii kujifunza mambo mapya na kuyatupa kutoka akilini mwangu mambo ambayo msingi wake ni kutokujua (ignorance). Kwa hiyo, mimi nitakuwa mwanafunzi milele na milele.

Ninashindwa kuelewa kwa nini kiongozi wa Marekani haelewi kuwa binadamu wote ni wa asili moja na hakuna sababu ya kutosha kumbagua binadamu mwenzako kutokona na tofauti zilizotengenezwa na MWUMBAJI MKUU. Isitoshe, yeye amesahau kuwa nchi ya Marekani haikuwa tupu wakati watu wa asili ya Afrika, Asia, na Yuropa walipohamia hapa.

Inaonekana ya kwamba, elimu aliyopata shuleni haikumsaidia kuweza kuwasiliana na kuishi kwa amani na binadamu wengine ambao wana tofauti kadhaa (several) naye kama rangi au jinsia.

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