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The Trump administration has announced a series of new visa restrictions in its latest effort to curb foreign entry into the US.
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On Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the US Embassy in Peru separately announced restrictions on individuals who obstruct international child abduction cases and who undermine democratic governments in the Western Hemisphere.
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Rubio, in a statement released by the US Department of State, said: 'Protecting American children abducted across international borders and reuniting them with their parents is a top priority for the Trump Administration.
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The administration official said he is implementing a new policy that will stop visas from being issued to anyone 'responsible for, or complicit in,' impeding international parental child abduction (IPCA) cases from being resolved.
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'This policy will add another tool under U.S. law to promote accountability when countries fail to meet their obligations under international law.
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We are committed to protecting the safety and well-being of all American children,' Rubio added.
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The announcement comes a few months after the Department of State released its annual IPCA report, which specifically named 14 countries for failing to comply with the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention.
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The international treaty requires children under 16 who have been removed from their country of habitual residence to be promptly returned by foreign governments.
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IPCA cases typically occur during parental separation or divorce proceedings.
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'When foreign government officials, judges, judicial administrators, law enforcement officials, and others intentionally obstruct the prompt resolution of these cases, they prolong family separations and block the return of children to the United States,' Rubio said.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Monday a new set of visa restrictions against individuals who impede the resolution of international child abduction cases
Another announcement on Monday declared visa restrictions against individuals who undermine democratic governments in the Western Hemisphere.
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Rubio is pictured with Trump
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The dual set of new visa restrictions on Monday is the latest in the Trump administration's efforts to curb foreign entry to the US
The second set of visa restrictions announced on Monday was targeted at 'corrupt foreign officials' in Latin America who 'undermine a democratically-elected government through corruption or narcotrafficking activities in our region.
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'Under the Trump Administration, corrupt foreign officials can no longer freely enter the United States,' the announcement, shared by Department of State Spokesman Thomas Pigott through the US Embassy in Peru, said.
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The Department of State specifically named foreign government officials and businessmen in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, accusing them of corruption and announcing they are not welcome in the US.
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The entry ban is targeted not just at the individuals themselves but also their families.
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A dozen individuals from Bolivia were named and had their visas revoked.
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They included law enforcement and government officials and a private businessman.
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Nine additional Bolivians who did not previously hold visas were made ineligible to receive them.
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Two Colombians also had their visas revoked.
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They were Euclides Antonio Torres Romero, a businessman who owns a conglomerate that operates in the energy sector, and Martha Isabel Peralta Epieyu, a senator in the Colombian government.
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Another two Ecuadorians had their visas revoked, but the Department of State did not publicly name them.
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The Department of State named individuals from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, accusing them of corruption and announcing that their visas were revoked
The Department of State also specifically said it is 'publicly designating Bolivia’s Attorney General Roger Mariaca for his involvement in significant corruption.'
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Mariaca is pictured
Peruvian Constitutional Court Judge Juan Carlos Nunez Matos had his visa revoked as well.
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The Department of State also highlighted that it is 'publicly designating Bolivia’s Attorney General Roger Mariaca for his involvement in significant corruption.
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This action renders Mariaca and his immediate family members generally ineligible for entry into the United States.'
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The announcement accused Mariaca of 'soliciting and accepting bribes to facilitate narcotrafficking and help[ing] violent criminals evade justice.'
'His actions endanger President Trump’s efforts to combat narcoterrorism while undermining the very democratic institutions Bolivia, as a Shield participant, is working to strengthen,' the Department of State said.
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'President Trump and Secretary Rubio’s message is simple: Corrupt officials – and the criminals they protect – are not welcome in the United States,' the department added.
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Monday's dual visa restriction announcements came just five days after Rubio announced another set of restrictions against 'birth tourism,' a practice where pregnant mothers travel to the US to give birth and obtain citizenship for their children.
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President Trump also signed a pair of executive orders last month targeting birth tourism and ending automatic citizenship for children born to foreign diplomats stationed in the US.
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Last week, Rubio also announced visa restrictions against those who facilitate birth tourism.
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Trump is pictured with an executive order against the practice last month
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The recent visa restriction Blitz also comes just one month after the Trump administration confirmed it had canceled more than 175,000 visas held by foreign nationals
The visa restriction announced last week 'targets individuals who knowingly engage in, have engaged in, or facilitate birth tourism to the United States,' Rubio announced.
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Those individuals include 'owners, operators, and managers of commercial birth tourism facilitation networks, visa “fixers” who coach applicants to commit fraud, foreign medical providers who knowingly abet and facilitate such travel and the fraudulent use of our Medicaid system, and other individuals who support, abet, and enable commercial birth tourism.'
The recent blitz of visa restrictions also comes after the Trump administration confirmed last month that it had canceled more than 175,000 visas held by foreign nationals since the beginning of the president's second term.
Authorities cited alleged document non-compliance, ties to unlawful conduct and incitement of violence targeting Americans as key drivers behind the enforcement push.
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