Covid-19: Trump threatens those refusing deportees with new visa sanctions

Orders Homeland Security secretary to notify the State Department if any country's government 'denies or unreasonably delays' the repatriation of its citizens deported from the US

United States President Donald Trump on Friday said the US government was preparing to impose new visa sanctions on countries that were refusing or causing delay in accepting people deported from the US during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. 

In a memorandum published last evening, Trump ordered the Homeland Security secretary to notify the State Department if any country’s government “denies or unreasonably delays” the repatriation of their citizens, they would be deemed to be causing "unacceptable public health risks for Americans".

Countries that deny or unreasonably delay the acceptance of their citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents from the United States