The State Department says it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States.

The countries affected by the suspension announced on Wednesday are:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, Congo, Cuba, Dominica, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan and Yemen.

  • 「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    1. US Citizenship is the only one I have, PRC does not do dual citizenship and its automatically revoked upon gaining foreign citizenship

    2. I would hate to live there even if I somehow restored citizenship. Ugh, fucking firewall to deal with…

    3. The US is the only country I really “know”.

    4. Not privilaged enough to just find another country to immigrate to that isn’t already worse than the US. Work visas are not immigration visas, lose the job and you’re getting kicked out in like… 90 days or less… very unstable imo. Its very hard to get actual permanent residency in another country.

    5. Why the fuck should I leave? That feels so wrong, playing right into the hands of autocrats and anti-constitutional traitors. Sure, is safer to leave (that is, if I could even find a place that’ll take me), but FUCK THAT! I HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HERE, and I refuse to leave. Want me to leave? Make me lol. Why make their job easier?

    Imagine if non-whites all just left today? Democracy is over. 51% of white dudes would just vote conservative forever. Autocrats would’ve finish stealing this country and all the nukes and the military and the tech to impose the will all over the world. Also what about the indigenous people? Do we just leave them here to die at the hands of white conservative men? That sounds so wrong. Nah I aint leaving. I refuse.