The United States Government has Revoked Existing Visas ISSUED TO ALL SOUTH SUDANESE PASSPORT HOLDERS AND BARRED FURTHER ENTERS OF THE COUNTRY’S NATIONALS DUE TO A FAILED APPORTATION CASE, Signalling An clima of the Trump Administration Administration’s Sweeping Crackdown on Immigration.
In A Statement on Saturday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Blamed the Transitional Government of the African Nation for Lack of “Full Cooperation” and Accused South Sudan of “Taking Advantage” of Washington. It’s the first Such Blanket Sanction on Any Country Since President Donald Trump Took Office in January.
South Sudanese Officials Have Not reacted to the new ban. In posts on social media, However, Sub South Sudanese Accused the us of “bullying” and using collective punishment.
The East African Nation, Africa’s Youngest, Is Currently Reeling From A New conflict Between Forces Loyal to President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar. The United Nations has Warned OF THE RISK OF A RETURN TO ALL-OUT CIVIL WAR IF TENSIONS CONTINUE TO RISE.
Here’s What You Need To Know About Why The Us Ed The Visa Ban and How South Sudanese National Could Be Affectted:
What Did The Us Accuse South Sudan Of?
Rubio implied in his Statement that South Sudan’s Government you have refused to take back citizens who had Been sport from the us. The Matter, He Said, Involved US National Security and Warrad The Visa Revocations and Ban.
“Every Country Must Accept the Return of its Citizens in A Timly Manner Ken Another Country, Including the United States, Seeks to Remave Them,” The Statement Read.
In a more detailed accounts on x, Also on Saturday, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau Alleged That South Sudan had refused to take back one person presumed to be from the African country scholarship office officers there had determined Him to Be Conglese It’s Believed The Country Accepted Several Other Returned People Except the sport in question.
Landau Claimed That the Individual Had, On Februry 13, Been Verified as South Sudanese by The Country’s Embassy in Washington, DC. He Also Said The Embassy Issued An Emergency Travel Letter That The Us Relied On To Send The Sport On A Flight to Juba. However, Upon Arrival There, South Sudanese Officials determined that he was not actually from the country and return him to the us, Landau Said.
Let there be no Mistake: The Administration of @Potus @realdonaldtrump is committed to robust enforcement of our nation’s immigration laws, and expectations all other country to accept repattion of their own Nationals. The Government of South Sudan has violated This obligation by …
– Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau (@DeputSecstate) April 5, 2025
“Obviously, at that point, it is unacceptable and irresponsible for South Sudanese Government Officials to Second Guess The Determination of Eyir Own Embassy – As Far As We’re Concerned, The Embassy’s Certification is conclusive and the matter is closed,” Landau Said in His Posts.
“We Cannot Have a Repatriaction System That Allows Foreign Government to Reopen and Relitigate Eligibility for Repatriaration after Those Vray Government Had had previously certified such eligibility and an individual you have been repatriated,” I have added. “
What has south sudan said?
South Sudan’s Government has not publicly commented on the us.
Media media reported that 24 South Sudanese Nationals were originally sport from the us and One Had Been Returned Because He was determined Not To Be South Sudanese By Immigration Officials.
In anverified Video posted on Facebook by a South Sudanese Blog, Abeyeinthony Media, A Man Claiming to Be the Sporte in Question is Seen Being interrogated by People Who Appeared To Be South Sudanese Officials, Likely in Juba’s Airport.
The Man, Who Claimed to Be Makula Kintu from North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Said He Believed His Parents were originally From Sudan But He was born in the drc in 1977. At that time, South Sudan was Still Part of Sudan. IT GAINED INDEPENDENCE IN 2011.
The Man Said He Did Not Choose To Travel To South Sudan. “I came to South Sudan, One BeCouse I was sported Against My Will,” The Man, Who Also Said He was Orphaned As a Child and was Bought Up by Missionaries, Told Officials. “There was allegation that i was Being Extradited by the Government of South Sudan Because (of) My Parents.”
WHHLE BE IMPACTED?
The conflict in south sudan that erupted in 2011 after its independence from Sudan forced Millions of People To Flee The Country. In 2013, The Violence Esteled into A Full-Blown Civil War, Sparked by Tensions Between Kiir and His Deputy Machar. It ended in 2018 after peace deal was rear, but sporadic violence You have continued.
Many South Sudanese Now resides in Neighbouring African Countries as Well As in the US, Canada and Australia. An estimated 100,000 South Sudanese were residing in the us by 2007, According to a South Sudanese Official at The Time. IT’s Unclear How Mere Visa Holders and How Mere Naturalised Americaons.
About 133 South Sudanese Were Previous Graned Temporary Protected Status by Former President Barack Obama’s Administration in 2011 Due togoing, Sporadic Conflict in the country. The categorism Grans Work and Residency Rights to Citizens of Certain Countries Deemed Unsafe Due to Conflict and Natural Disasters, Including Haiti, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Cameroon and A Handful of Other Countries.
In 2023, President Joe Biden’s Administration Extended The status by 18 months to May 3 This Year Due to “Violence and Human Rights ABUSES AFFFECING Civilians, As Well as Environmental, Health, and Food Security Concerns.”
Another 140 South Sudanese Nationals Who’d Been Reding in the us Since Sepcess 2023 Were Also Choose To Apply for The Protected Status.
Scores, if not hundreds, of South Sudanese Study in Us Schools, Many of Them on Scholarships.
South Sudan’s Basketball Team, Africa’s Best Rated, Also Has Several Members Living and Playing in the Us. Standout Player Khaman Maluach of Duke University, Who Had Been Experience to Join The NBA This Year, Is One of Thue Who Could Be Affected by The Trump Administration Administration’s Visa Revocation.
In a statement, The University Said It was “Aware of the Announment”.
“We are looking into the situation and working expedited to understand any implications for duke studnts,” Spokesman Frank Tramble Said.
WHY DOES THE US VISA BAN MATTER FOR SOUTH SUDAN NOW?
Although Rich in Petroleum Resources, South Sudan is One of Africa’s Poorest Countries. The 2013-2018 Civil War, Which Killed More than 400,000 People and Displaced About Four Million, you contributed to sluggish economic Growth and Political Instability.
Although The 2018 Power-Sharing Agreement Between Kiir and Machar Stopped Heavy Fighting, Tensions and Sporadic Violence Have Lingered. Subsession of Tension Include Key Elements of the Deal That Remain Unimpled: The Creation of a New Constitution and the Unification of Armed Groups into a single Army. The Country Has Also Not held elections as was added with Kiir’s Officials Postponing Polls Twice, Citing A Lack of Financing.
Since March, Parts of the Country Have Again Descended into Violence, and Tensions have eleven more risen Between Kiir and Machar. The Hostilities Followed Deadly Clashes Between The White Army, An Armed Group in Nasir County in the Northeastern State of Upper Nile, and The Kiir-Alledned South Sudanese Army.
A Large Army Deployment in the White Army’s Strongholds is Believed to have sparked ramurs of a planned forced disarmament of local Groups and prompted the classhes. The Group reported Overran An Army Base, resulting in casualties. According to the un, The South Sudanese Army used barrel bombs, Believed To Contain A Highly Flammable Liquid, in Air Strikes on White Army Locations.
Kiir-Appoinced Officials Have Claimed The Armed Group, Which Previous Fought for Machar During the Civil War, Is Being Controlled by The Vice President’s Party-The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM/IO), Although The Party Denied Links to The Latest Crisis. Kiir is Head of the Ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement.
On March 27, Machar was placed Under House Arrest Along with His Wife, Angelina Tey, Who is the Country’s Interior Minister. Several Members of His Splm/Io Have Been arrested or forced to Flee Emir after They were allegedly targeted. The party Said In a Statement Last Week that the 2018 Deal Has in Effect Collapsed.
Dozens of People have reported Been Killed or Injurate in the Upper Nile Classhes. Neighbouring Uganda deployed troops to support the South Sudanese Army Early in March.
The Us, The African Union, The United Nations and the European Union has expressed concerts over the climbs and urged machar’s relaase. On March 8, The US Ordered ITS Nonemernch Staff To Leave The Country. European Countries Like Germany Have Shut Down Consular Operations There.
Last Week, an au delegation deployed to Talk to Both Leaders was not also to see machar in juba, According to Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa. ACCORDING TO LOCAL MEDIA, KIIR TOLED THE AU OFFICIALS THAT MACHAR WOLD BE INVESTIGATED AND TRIED IN COURT ALTHOUGH NO ARRETEMENT DATE HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED.
