released<\/a> on Wednesday, will apply to foreign officials, including customs and immigration officials, and port authority and airports officials who are deemed culpable for bolstering illegal immigration into the U.S., according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.\u00a0<\/p>\nThe visa bans would be imposed on foreign officials for \u201cfailure to enforce immigration laws or establishing and implementing policies and practices that knowingly facilitate the transit of aliens intending to illegally immigrate into the United States via the U.S. southwest border.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cSecuring our nation\u2019s borders is critically important to making America safer, stronger, and more prosperous,\u201d Rubio said in a statement on Wednesday. \u201cCountries along migratory routes must do their part to prevent and deter the transit of aliens seeking to illegally enter the United States.\u201d <\/p>\n
Rubio said this measure will be enforced \u201cuntil those officials take responsibility for ensuring there are policies in place and existing laws are enforced to prevent the transit of such individuals.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAmerica will not back down when it comes to defending our national security interests,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n
The visa bans are part of the administration\u2019s focus on enforcing security at the southern border and barring illegal immigration into the country, something Trump heavily campaigned on during the 2024 presidential election. <\/p>\n
The restrictions, according to Rubio, will \u201ccomplement\u201d the department\u2019s 3C policy, which was expanded last year and applies to individuals in the private sector \u201cwho knowingly provide transportation and travel services designed primarily for illegal aliens traveling to the United States,\u201d according to the State Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The new visa measures have already received praise in the House, with Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez (R-Fla.) thanking<\/a> Rubio for \u201ccontinuing to implement policies to hold bad actors accountable!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The State Department unveiled visa restrictions on foreign government officials who are thought to be responsible for aiding illegal immigration into the U.S., part of a...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thenewamore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thenewamore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thenewamore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thenewamore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thenewamore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/thenewamore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":648,"href":"http:\/\/thenewamore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions\/648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thenewamore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thenewamore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thenewamore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thenewamore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}