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CNN Journalist, Zakaria, Blasts Trump Over Visa Ban On Nigeria - LEADERSHIP
CNN presenter, Fareed Zakaria, has faulted the government of United States on the immigrant visa ban imposed on Nigeria.
A report by Zakaria on the immigrant visa ban imposed on Nigeria by the Donald Trump administration is trending on social media.
>span class="s2">Citing CATO institute, Zakaria said four of the six countries listed in the ban, Nigeria, Myanmar, Tanzania and Eritrea, had no records on terror-related deaths caused by foreign-born attackers between 1975 and 2017.
He added that Nigerians are the most educated immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa in the US of which 59 per cent aged 25 and older have at least a bachelor’s degree, according to migration policy institute.
Nigerians, both home and abroad, took to Twitter to share their views about Zakaria’s comment.
Trump had in January announced an immigrant visa ban on Nigeria and six other countries, earlier confirming media reports on the policy.
Immigrant visas are issued to those who want to relocate to the US.
It also leads to the issuance of permanent residency.
However, the ban is not expected to adversely affect the regular visitor visa, although there may be restrictions.
Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the department of homeland security, said the new immigration restrictions are designed to “address security concerns in the way the banned countries track their own citizens, share information with the U.S. and cooperate on immigration matters”.