A lot of South Sudanese citizens based in the United States of America (USA) are staring at mass deportation after the declaration of their visas' revocation.
The US state secretary Marco Rubio declared in a tweet on Saturday, April 5, that all visas for the South Sudanese will be cancelled and new applications blocked going forward.
Rubio attributed the move to the political crisis in Juba and the supposed failure by President Salva Kiir's administration to incorporate citizens repatriated from the US.
"I am taking actions to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and to restrict any further issuance to prevent entry into the United States, effective immediately, due to the failure of South Sudan's transitional government to accept the return of its repatriated citizens in a timely manner," Rubio said.
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Meanwhile, since his return to the White House in Washington D.C., President Donald Trump has had a strict stance regarding the US's immigration policy.
In the course of his campaign, Trump insisted that his tenure would drive the America First agenda to benefit the natives.
He observed that the country under Joe Biden became lenient to foreigners who deprived the natives of opportunities and resources.
Trump's administration, besides tightening the immigration policies, embarked on actualising drastic measures to concentrate resources on the American people.
The president hit headlines the world over when he announced a funds freeze on charitable causes funded by the US government for decades.
He particularly stopped the assistance outside America undertaken by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Recently, the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced the cancellation of a contract for the US State Department that was being undertaken in Kenya.
In a statement by the unit led by Elon Musk on Thursday, April 3, the contract was meant for aviation advisors in Kenya.
According to DOGE, the contract was worth USD3.4 million( around Ksh430 million using the current exchange rate).
It was explained that the cancellation was part of the reforms being undertaken by the unit which was appointed to cut down wasteful expenditures of the US government.
