{"id":6209,"date":"2021-01-21T11:27:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T10:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=6209"},"modified":"2021-01-21T11:30:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T10:30:24","slug":"biden-lifts-trumps-immigrant-visa-ban-on-nigeria-sudan-tanzania-iran-iraq-eritrea-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/biden-lifts-trumps-immigrant-visa-ban-on-nigeria-sudan-tanzania-iran-iraq-eritrea-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden lifts Trump’s immigrant visa ban on Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Iran, Iraq, Eritrea, others"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States President Joe Biden has lifted the immigrant visa ban imposed on Nigeria as well as other countries which include Sudan, Tanzania, by his predecessor, former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Trump had, on October 9, 2020, added Nigeria, Africa’s biggest country alongside Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan and Tanzania, to his restricted travel list.<\/p>\n

With Trump’s decision to add Nigeria and five other countries to the list of nations facing stringent travel restrictions, the move was to virtually block immigration from Africa\u2019s most populous nation, and from Myanmar, where the Muslim minority is fleeing genocide.<\/p>\n

Beside Nigeria, three other African countries, Eritrea, Sudan and Tanzania, faced varying degrees of restrictions, likewise one former Soviet state,\u00a0Kyrgyzstan.<\/p>\n

Myanmar\u2019s\u00a0Rohingya Muslims were also caught in the crossfire.<\/p>\n

All six countries listed have substantial Muslim populations. The total number of countries now on the restricted travel list stands at 13.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Trump, had with Executive Order 13769 placed stringent restrictions on travel to the United States for citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, and months later, he announced that the ban will also affect certain visas for residents in countries of Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0ban\u00a0will specifically prevent immigrants from Sudan and Tanzania from moving to the United States through the diversity visa lottery, which grants green cards to as many as 50,000 people a year.<\/p>\n

In 17 executive orders, memorandums and proclamations signed hours after his inauguration, President Biden\u00a0moved swiftly on Wednesday<\/a>\u00a0to dismantle Trump administration policies his aides said have caused the \u201cgreatest damage\u201d to the nation.<\/p>\n

Despite an inaugural address that\u00a0called for unity and compromise<\/a>, Mr. Biden\u2019s first actions as president are sharply aimed at sweeping aside former President Donald J. Trump\u2019s pandemic response, reversing his environmental agenda, tearing down his anti-immigration policies, bolstering the teetering economic recovery and restoring federal efforts to promote diversity.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at what the measures aim to accomplish.<\/p>\n