The State Department “is taking actions to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and prevent further issuance to prevent entry,“ Rubio said in a statement.
Rubio accused the transitional government in Juba of “taking advantage of the United States,“ saying that “every country must accept the return of its citizens in a timely manner when another country... seeks to remove them.”
The world's newest country and also one of the poorest, South Sudan is currently prey to tensions between political leaders.
South Sudanese nationals had been granted “temporary protected status” (TPS) by the administration of Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden, with the designation set to expire on May 3, 2025.
There were about 133 South Sudanese in the United States under the TPS program, with another 140 eligible to apply, the Department of Homeland Security said in September 2023.
A federal judge this week put that decision on hold after calling into question the government's claims that the majority of Venezuelans in the US were criminals.
The Trump administration's singling out of South Sudan also comes after growing numbers of Africans attempted to enter the US via its southern border -- an alternative to risky routes into Europe.
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