Trump extends visa sanctions on nations refusing to repatriate their residents

US President Donald Trump has indefinitely prolonged the visa sanctions on international locations refusing to repatriate their residents who violated legal guidelines within the United States. The visa sanctions on such international locations have been set to run out on December 31. Trump issued a memorandum on April 10 which empowered the Secretary of State and the homeland safety secretary to disclaim visas to international locations refusing to simply accept their residents who violated American legal guidelines. “In light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the continuing public health risk it poses to Americans,” Trump mentioned in a memorandum issued on Wednesday that his April 10 “memorandum shall continue in force until terminated by the president”. According to the April 10 memorandum, the secretary of state is authorised to “initiate a plan to impose the visa sanctions” if the Homeland Security Department determines a rustic not accepting returnees is delaying or impeding operations “necessary to respond to the ongoing pandemic”. The April 10 memorandum famous that international locations “denying or unreasonably delaying” the repatriation of their residents can be deemed to be inflicting “unacceptable public health risks for Americans”. “Countries that deny or unreasonably delay the acceptance of their citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents from the United States during the ongoing pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 create unacceptable public health risks for Americans,” Trump had mentioned in his memorandum.