US revokes all South Sudan visas, bars future issuance until deportees accepted

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio announced on Saturday that the United States will cancel the visas that passports hold in southern Sudan, and no other person will be issued immediately.

Rubio attributed the change to “the failure of the transitional government in South Sudan to accept the return of its hostile citizens in a timely manner,” according to a statement published on X.

The US State Department wrote on Saturday in a statement that the time has come for the South Sudan government to “stop benefiting” from the United States

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“The application of immigration laws in our nation is very important for the national security and public safety of the United States,” according to the statement. “Every country must accept the return of its citizens in time when another country, including the United States, seeks to remove it.”

The administration said it “will be ready to review these measures when South Sudan is in full cooperation.”

A soldier in the army is walking in front of the Republican Palace in Khartoum, Sudan, after the Sudan Army seized it, March 21. (AP image)

The eastern African state is about to civil war, with the escalation of armed conflict, collective displacement and extreme food insecurity.

The American embassy in Khartoum suspended its operations, to include the visa, passport and other routine consulate services, on April 22, 2023.

This step comes yet Trump administration In February, a shield ended a deportation of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the United States

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio is studying his plane at the joint base of Andrews, Maryland, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jacquilyn Martin)

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The Ministry of Internal Security (DHS) said it will play the conditions of more than 300,000 protected citizens in a temporary protected condition (TPS).

The Trump administration has deported more than 100,000 illegal immigrants since he took office, according to New York Post Quoted by the DHS official.

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of South Sudan immediately did not respond to the Fox News Digital request for comment.

The United Nations South Sudan rejected the Fox News Digital request for comment.

Adam Shaw from Fox News Digital contributed to this report.