State Department Slaps Visa Restrictions On Countries That Won't Take Back Deportees

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Seems this goes back to the Bush years and maybe farther back than that. About time. 

State Department Slaps Visa Restrictions On Countries That Won’t Take Back Deportees

"The Trump administration hit four countries with visa sanctions Wednesday as punishment for refusing to take back their citizens that U.S. is trying to deport.

In a series of diplomatic cables obtained by Reuters, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson outlined new visa restrictions on Eritrea, Cambodia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. The countries are among a dozen that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had previously deemed “recalcitrant” in the repatriation of criminal aliens.

The four countries are “denying or unreasonably delaying” the return of their citizens from the U.S., and visa restrictions will only be lifted if they begin normal acceptance of deportees, according to Tillerson’s orders.

Eritrea faces the toughest sanctions of the four countries. Going forward, all Eritreans who apply in their own country for most U.S. business or tourist visas will be rejected, according to one of the cables. ...."

http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/13/state-department-slaps-visa-restrictions-on-countries-that-wont-take-back-deportees/?utm_campaign=thedcmainpage&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social

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Avatar JAP69 -
#1
There is a country I never heard of. Eritrea.
I will do a map search and find out where it is.
Avatar konane -
#2
Thanks JAP. Me either. However some years back I read something about countries not taking their people back. Perhaps they should land in those countries leave them on the tarmac and see how that works out.
Avatar eddessaknight -
#3
President Trump RACKS in the name of our people

Thnks JAP
Avatar konane -
#4
Thanks Eddessa. http://www.africanews.com/2017/09/13/eritrea-and-guniea-slapped-with-new-us-visa-restriction-regime/

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