Other nations aren’t beholden to America – but they aren’t entitled to US access or money, either. President Donald Trump is spreading that message loud and clear across the globe.
From Mexico to Ukraine, and from South America to South Sudan, he has come up with a handy way to push foreign leaders into playing ball. It’s a simple choice: Do it our way or do without. So far, it seems quite effective.
Having won independence from Sudan in 2011, South Sudan is the newest nation in the world. It’s also the latest foreign government to run afoul of the president’s deportation policies.
In 2025, the small African nation has taken a page out of Colombia’s book and is refusing to accept flights of South Sudanese deportees from the states. And, just as it did with Colombia, the Trump administration has a solution.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Saturday that all visas held by South Sudanese nationals will be revoked, and no new ones will be issued. “Enforcing our nation’s immigration laws is critically important to the national security and public safety of the United States,” the US Department of State said in a statement.
“Every country must accept the return of its citizens in a timely manner when another country, including the United States, seeks to remove them.”