The United States revokes all visas for South Sudan on the inability of the country to repatriate citizens | American news
Washington is revoking all visas for the owners of the South Sudan passport and blocking new arrivals, secretary of state Marco Rubio On Saturday he said that complaining about the African nation does not accept its citizens expelled from the United States.
The State Department “is taking actions to revoke all visas held by the holders of the South Sudan passport and prevent further emissions to prevent entry”, said Rubio in a note.
It was the first measure of the genre that has identified all the owners of passports from a certain country since Donald Trump returned to the White House on January 20, after making a campaign on a anti-immigration platform.
Rubio accused the transition government to Juba of “taking advantage of the United States”, stating that “each country must accept the return of its citizens in a timely manner when another country … try to remove them”.
Washington “will be ready to review these actions when South Sudan It is in full collaboration, “added Rubio.
The new country in the world and also one of the poorest, South Sudan is currently prey to tensions between political leaders.
Some observers fear a renewal of the civil war that killed 400,000 people between 2013 and 2018.
The “Temporary Protection status” (TPS) was granted to the citizens of South Sudan by the administration of the predecessor of Trump Joe Biden, with the designation that expired on May 3, 2025.
The United States grant TPS, which protects people against deportation, to foreign citizens who cannot return home to war due to war, natural catastrophes or other “extraordinary” conditions.
There were about 133 South Sudan in the United States as part of the TPS program, with another 140 suitable to submit an application, said the National Securization Department in September 2023.
But Trump’s White House began to overturn TPS designations, revoking protection in January from over 600,000 Venezuelans.
A federal judge this week Put on that decision After questioning the statements of the government that the majority of the Venezuelans in the United States were criminals.
According to the Pew Research Center, in March 2024 there were 1.2 million people suitable or received TPS in the United States, with the Venezuelans that made up the largest group.
The single of Trump Administration from South Sudan also comes after an growing number of Africans has attempted to enter the United States through its southern border, an alternative to risky routes in Europe.
