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The United States has banned Tanzanian nationals from its territory in what could be called a diplomatic earthquake in East Africa and beyond. With the president’s signature, the measure is now in effect and is among the sharpest immigration crackdowns of the current administration, focusing on a sub-Saharan African state.
As the White House reports, the decision has been primarily influenced by the ever-increasing rates of visa overstays. Furthermore, they indicated that a large number of non-immigrant visa-holding Tanzanians had come to the US without the intention of going back home, thus unsettling the immigration system of the country.
The proclamation that Tanzanians would no longer be allowed to enter the US came as a surprise and a cataclysmic event in the midst of US-Tanzania drama. The wide-ranging nature of the ban on visas, as outlined in the order, could thus, quite literally, freeze business travel, educational exchanges, and family reunions, among other things. It is very clear that the US has made up its mind not to grant temporary “pauses” but rather has a hard-line policy that Tanzania will have to put in place monitoring systems for its citizens traveling abroad and will have to work hand in hand with the US in deportation operations.
A senior administration official opened up during the briefer after the announcement and said, “National security starts with border security, and that goes for having people who come to the country obey the laws and the schedule.” ” The data regarding overstays from Tanzania has reached a level that cannot be ignored any longer.”
Across the different areas, the executive order’s impact will be strong. Future uncertainty awaits the Tanzanian students in the US universities, while the East African country’s businesses are the ones mainly affected by the changing of logistics.
News of the ban has caused panic and confusion among the people of Tanzania. In this case, the ban could lead to a diplomatic standoff, and measures could be taken in retaliation. Already, places like airports that have a lot of international travelers are reporting that some passengers holding Tanzanian passports have been denied boarding for flights to the US, as airlines are in a hurry to abide by the new federal mandate.
According to internal reports from the Department of Homeland Security, the number of Tanzanians who decide to stay in the US after their allowed stay has rapidly gone up in the last fiscal year. The Trump administration has repeatedly communicated that countries having high non-return rates would face calamities, and Tanzania seems to have become a victim of this in the region.
Opponents of the restriction claim that the ban is a brutal method that makes the whole population suffer because of a few individuals and might even cause the weakening of the US’s cultural influence in Africa. Meanwhile, the people that support the President’s America First policy have considered the ban to be the only right measure to be taken to reclaim the legality and safeguard the US labor market.
