On his first day in office, the 46th President of the United States of America reversed the immigrant visa ban placed on Nigeria and other countries by the former president, Donald Trump.
The executive order, 9983, issued by the former president Donald Trump on January 31st, 2020, unveiled the ban on immigrant visas to six countries; Myanmar, Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, and Kyrgyzstan.
Amongst numerous executive orders signed by the new president of the United State, Joe Biden, on January 20th, was the reversal of some of the orders issued by his predecessor, Donald Trump, which bans citizens of certain countries from accessing the immigrant visa.
According to the Trump administration, a system was established to access three important criteria-
“whether a foreign government engages in reliable identity-management practices and shares relevant information; whether a foreign government shares national security and public safety information; and whether a country otherwise poses a national security or public-safety risk.”
The failure of Nigeria and other countries to measure up to this criteria landed them on the ban list.
Biden’s Press secretary, Pen Psaki said additional action which will ensure that the president-elect delivers his promise to the American people will be announced.
“In the coming days and weeks, we will be announcing additional executive actions that confront these challenges and deliver on the president-elect’s promises to the American people,” Pen said.
