
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States will immediately revoke visas issued to all South Sudan passport holders as African countries refuse to accept citizens who have evacuated from the United States.
Rubio added in a statement Saturday that the U.S. will also block any arriving citizens from South Sudan, the latest U.S. country, from entering U.S. entry ports.
He accused “South Sudan’s transitional government of failing to accept the return of its repatriated citizens in a timely manner.”
The cornerstone of President Donald Trump’s immigration policy is the cancellation of illegal immigration from the United States and the promise of “massive deportations.”
“It’s time for the South Sudan transitional government to stop using the United States,” Rubio said.
“Every country must accept the return of its citizens in a timely manner, when another country, including the United States, attempted to remove it,” he added.
With concerns about a possible civil war in South Sudan.
On March 8, the United States ordered all non-emergency workers in South Sudan to break out, threatening a fragile peace agreement reached in 2018.
Previously, South Sudanese were previously granted Temporary Protection State (TPS), which allowed them to stay in the United States for a while.
TPS in South Sudan, USA will expire from May 3 to May 3.
South Sudan is the latest country in the world. After leaving Sudan, it gained independence in 2011.
But just two years later, tensions broke out into a civil war where 400,000 people were killed after a rift between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar.
A power-sharing agreement between the two in 2018 prevented the fight, but key elements of the deal have not been implemented yet – including a new constitution, elections and unification of armed groups into one army.
Sporadic violence remains between ethnic and local groups in parts of the country.
Since returning to office, the Trump administration has clashed with the international government over its deportation of its nationals from the United States.
In January, Colombian President Gustavo Petro banned two U.S. military flights, landing in his South American country with deported immigrants.
Petro gave up after Trump promised to sign serious tariffs and sanctions on Colombia.