Washington prepares to revoke 200,000 visas held by asylum seekers

Argentina

2 SOURCES

Procedural and cautious reading · 7 of 11 countries

Buenos Aires views the measure as an administrative crackdown targeting the misuse of tourist visas for asylum claims, rather than an isolated symbolic gesture.

Canada

2 SOURCES

Procedural and cautious reading · 7 of 11 countries

Ottawa is assessing the impact of a US administrative measure that could affect up to 200,000 people, without clarity from the US government on how many will actually be deported.

Colombia

3 SOURCES

Link to domestic policy issue · 2 of 11 countries

Bogotá links the massive revocation of asylum visas announced by Washington to the withdrawal, the same week, of Colombian activist Viviana Marín's visa.

Ecuador

2 SOURCES

Procedural and cautious reading · 7 of 11 countries

Quito is assessing the bureaucratic scope of a US measure that could potentially affect Ecuadorian nationals holding B1/B2 visas

United States

2 SOURCES

Institutional defense of the measure · 1 of 11 countries

The United States government is carrying out an unprecedented administrative purge, framed as a response to what it sees as abusive asylum requests rather than a punitive measure against the migrants themselves.

Ghana

2 SOURCES

Procedural and cautious reading · 7 of 11 countries

Accra is assessing the impact of a US measure that redefines the migration status of thousands of B1/B2 visa holders, not directly targeting Ghanaians but setting a precedent for widespread application.

India

2 SOURCES

Procedural and cautious reading · 7 of 11 countries

New Delhi recognizes the actual scope of the measure: losing a B1/B2 visa does not automatically result in expulsion, as it depends on each individual's asylum status.

Mexico

2 SOURCES

Link to domestic policy issue · 2 of 11 countries

Mexico City is separating the migration measure announced in Washington from a phenomenon that is already a national issue: the revocation of visas for Mexican political figures, from Andy López Beltrán to the governor of Baja California, which is now worrying the country's banks.

Nigeria

6 SOURCES

Diaspora explicitly targeted · 1 of 11 countries

Nigeria is assessing the risk to its diaspora in this US migration crackdown, which specifically targets Nigerian nationals holding B1/B2 visas who have filed asylum applications in the United States.

Singapore

2 SOURCES

Procedural and cautious reading · 7 of 11 countries

Singapore is deciphering the gap between the spectacular announcement from Washington and its actual legal effects, with the revocation not automatically leading to expulsions.

Thailand

2 SOURCES

Procedural and cautious reading · 7 of 11 countries

Bangkok has its own visa revocation doctrine, applied on a case-by-case basis, which differs from the massive crackdown the US is preparing to implement on approximately 200,000 holders of B-1 and B-2 visas.