Washington, July 26 (Reuters) – The United States stops all routine visa services at the US Embassy in Niamey, Nigerien until another announcement, according to a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Internal Foreign Ministry cable.
The cable of July 25 did not provide a reason for this step, but a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said that a pause that would cover all the categories of visa of immigrants and immigrants was introduced until Washington was “concerned with the government of Niger”.
The spokesman did not provide further details of the reason, but stated that most diplomatic and official visas were excluded from the pause.
“Trump’s administration is aimed at protecting our nation and our citizens by following the highest standards of national security and public security through our visa process,” the department spokesman said.
The diplomatic cable also instructed consular officers in other visa processing contributions to apply “increased control” to evaluate applications for visa for Nigeric nationals whose excessive foundation was 8 percent for visitors’ visas and 27 percent for students and exchange visas.
Consular managers should try to reduce the number of exceeding visas holders in the United States, he said: “In this respect, Nigerian NIV applicants are necessary.”
The US Embassy in Niamey reported all the individuals concerned, the spokesman added.
As part of his hard attitude to immigration, President Donald Trump ordered a nationwide campaign to arrest migrants that are illegally in the country and promised to deport millions of people and take raids, including a farm that have been largely liberated during the first term.
Trump administration officials said visa and green card holders were subject to deportation over their support for Palestinians and criticism of Israeli behavior in the Gaza War, and call their actions a threat to American foreign policy and accuse them of being pro-Hamas.
Rubio said in May that the number of visas he canceled was probably in thousands. Under his leadership, the state department has significantly tightened the examination of the social media for visa applicants.
In September, the US Army said it had completed the withdrawal from Niger after the West African nation in April 2024 ordered Washington to withdraw nearly 1,000 military employees from the country.
It was an embarrassing failure for Washington, followed by a coup in the West African nation last year. Before the coup, Niger was a key partner of the American struggle against insurgents in the Sahel African region, who killed thousands of people and displaced millions.
(Reportage of Humeyra Pamuk, editing Nick Zieminski)
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