‘Why Nigerians Should Not Travel To United States Now’- Presidency

The Presidency has advised Nigerians
against traveling to the United States of
America because of the lack of clarity on
new immigration rules expected to be signed
by President Donald Trump on Monday.

This was disclosed in a statement signed
and issued by the Special Adviser to
President Muhammadu Buhari on Diaspora
Affairs, Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
She said that Nigerians without any
compelling or essential reasons to be in the
US should consider delaying their trip,
noting that for no reason, Nigerians with
valid multiple-entry US visas were being
denied entry and sent back to Nigeria in the
past few weeks.

Dabiri-Erewa stated: “In the last few
weeks, the office has received a few cases
of Nigerians with valid multiple-entry US
visas being denied entry and sent back to
Nigeria,” she said.
“In such cases reported to the office, such
affected persons were sent back immediately
on the next available flight and their visas
were cancelled and no reasons were given
for the decision by the US immigration
authorities”.

US President Donald Trump had signed an
executive order on January 27 to bar people
from seven, Muslim-majority countries
from travelling to the United States for 90
days.
It also stopped all refugees for 120 days
and Syrian refugees permanently. The ban
caused global outrage, as well as chaos
across the United States, before it was
frozen by a legal ruling.