Visa Ban

President Donald Trump and the Trump Administration is ready to inflict visa restrictions on four Asian and African nations who refuse to take back their citizens that have been deported from the United States. In an August 2016 speech, Trump made it clear that he was not going to put up with illegal citizens or nations that refuse to take back their citizens. President Donald Trump states, "There are at least 23 countries that refuse to take their people back after they've been ordered to leave the United States, including large numbers of violent criminals. They won't take them back. So we say, 'OK, we'll keep them.' Not going to happen with me, not going to happen with me." 

Donald Trump delivers his immigration speech at a rally in Phoenix on Aug. 31, 2016.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Recalcitrant Country - having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline. 

DHS (Department of Homeland Security) is going to effectively suspend travel to the United States from the four designated countries; Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Section 243 (d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act states, “Discontinuing Granting Visas to Nationals of Country Denying or Delaying Accepting Alien.” The State Department is to stop granting travel visas in recalcitrant countries when DHS requests.

There have been instances all over the United States where an individual from a foreign country has been convicted of a crime, served his or her sentence and was released. This is due to the fact that their nation refuses to take them back. Therefore, there are criminal aliens are still walking the streets. However, Homeland Security has been able to drastically cut the number of counties that refused to take back their citizens, resulting is an immigration success for Donald Trump. 

Links for a Further Understanding:

US to Sanction Four Countries for Refusing Deportations - from www.CNN.com

US to Limit Visas From Four Nations That Won't Take Deportees - from www.usnews.com

DHS Seeks Sanctions on Countries that Refuse Deportees - from www.usnews.com

Discussion Questions:

1. Do you agree with how the Trump Administration is handling the Nations that refuse to take their citizens back? If not, why? 
2.  Do you think the United States should keep criminal illegal immigrants in jail until they are deported back into their country?
3. Do you agree with Donald Trumps stance on illegal immigrants? 
4. What can the United States do to prevent things like this from happening?