Nigeria was one of the six additional countries added to the president's travel ban on Friday.
On Friday, President Trump announced an extension of the controversial"travel ban" to six additional countries, including Nigeria. It isn't really a ban on travel but rather a tightening of admissions for immigrants. The stated rationale is national security. It's a flimsy excuse and a dumb idea.
inside the country, it has not exported it. Nor have its citizens carried out terrorist attacks inside the U.S., unlike some countries not on the list, like Saudi Arabia.U.S. diplomats agree."To state the obvious, Nigeria is a partner in the struggle against terrorism...." says John Campbell, former Ambassador to Nigeria, now with the Council on Foreign Relations. And another foreign relations expert says,"Off-the-record...
It is focused on immigrants because according to Quartz, over the last decade immigration from Africa has grown twice as fast as that of any other region, despite efforts by the Trump administration to make it more difficult. And Nigeria is on the list not because it poses a genuine security threat, but because it is the major source of immigrants from Africa and like all the recent additions to the list, a country with a significant Muslim population.
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