US Homeland Security officials say immigrants from Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania will not be able to apply for certain visas.
The United States has announced a plan to curb legal immigration from six additional countries that officials say do not meet the country's security standards as part of an election-year push to further restrict immigration.Immigrants from Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania will face new restrictions in obtaining certain US visas
The restrictions do not go as far as Mr Trump's travel ban which suspended travel from several Muslim majority countriesUS Homeland Security officials said immigrants from Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania will face new restrictions in obtaining certain visas to come to the United States.
The announcement comes as Mr Trump tries to promote his administration's crackdown on immigration, highlighting a signature issue that motivated his supporters in 2016 and hoping it has the same effect in this November's presidential election. The Trump administration recently announced a crackdown on 'birth tourism' and is noting the sharp decline in crossings at the US-Mexico border and citing progress on building the border wall.
Immigrant visas, the type of visa given to people seeking to live in the US permanently, were restricted for Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Eritrea, Nigeria. They include visas for people sponsored by family members or employers as well as the diversity visa program.
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