Donald Trump decreed, on Friday, January 31, new restrictions on the access to the United States of nationals of six additional states, including Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, in the wake of his very controversial anti-government decree. immigration.
The new measure, which takes effect on February 22, also affects Burma, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan and Tanzania, officials from the United States administration said.
"The president's decision is based on a comprehensive and systematic assessment by the Department of Homeland Security", one of its officials explained to the press. He considered that the countries concerned had shown themselves "Incapable" or "Unwilling" at "Adhere" to certain criteria " basic " intelligence sharing, national security and public safety.
"Certain categories of visas"
Unlike the anti-immigration decree released by the President of the United States just after taking office in January 2017, which mainly concerned countries with a Muslim majority and prohibited their nationals from entering US territory, the new measure is less general.
It only targets "Certain categories of immigration visas in order to focus on people who want to settle in the United States, not those who only want to visit there", assured an official. "Family members will still be able to visit loved ones", he said.
"Three years after its first supposedly temporary anti-Muslim decree, the Trump administration confirms this ban and expands it to include nationals from six other countries", lamented the powerful civil rights organization ACLU, calling on the government to end this policy.
Washington to Ban Entry of Non-Americans Who Have Been to China in the Past 14 Days
The United States announced on Friday January 31st several exceptional measures to close the borders or impose a quarantine on travelers returning from China and in particular from the province of Hubei, epicenter of the epidemic of the new coronavirus, according to whether they are American or not .
As of Sunday at 10 p.m. GMT, authorities will ban the entry of non-Americans who have been to China in the past 14 days, health minister Alex Azar said in a press conference. to the White House.
For US nationals, a quarantine of up to 14 days will be imposed on those who have visited Hubei Province in the past 14 days, in dedicated buildings. As for the Americans who would come from a Chinese province other than that of Hubei, one "Self-imposed quarantine" they will be asked, with surveillance.
