Visas

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Saturday that the United States is halting the issuance of new visas and revoking existing ones for South Sudanese passport holders, effective immediately. The decision follows ongoing tensions over immigration cooperation and the return of South Sudanese nationals who have been repatriated from the U.S. Rubio cited the South Sudanese transitional government’s unwillingness to facilitate timely returns as the primary reason for the move. In a statemen