The United States House of Representatives has opposed the travel restriction against Nigerians and nationals of five other countries by Donald Trump’s administration.
It would be recalled that on Saturday, President Donald Trump imposed an immigration visa ban on Nigeria, Myanmar, Eritrea, Sudan, Tanzania and Kyrgyzstan.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday said that the new policy is about discrimination and undermined the US global leadership, constitution and heritage.
According to her, the House would soon establish a “no ban act” against the immigrant visa ban which also targets nationals of Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania and Sudan.
Pelosi, in a statement on Saturday said;
The Trump Administration’s expansion of its outrageous, non-American travel ban threatens our security, our values and the rule of law. The sweeping rule, barring more than 350 million individuals from predominantly African nations from traveling to the United States, is discrimination disguised as policy.
She added that;
In the Congress and in the Courts, House Democrats will continue to oppose the Administration’s dangerous anti-immigrant agenda.
In the coming weeks, the House Judiciary Committee will mark-up and bring to the Floor the NO BAN Act to prohibit religious discrimination in our immigration system and limit the President’s ability to impose such biased and bigoted restrictions. We will never allow hatred or bigotry to define our nation or destroy our values.
