State Department Freezes Visas to 75 Countries at “High Risk of Public Benefits Usage” Including Somalia (VIDEO)
Amid findings of massive fraud and theft perpetrated by aliens in the United States, the US State Department has frozen immigration visa processing for immigrants from 75 countries, including Somalia.
The 75 nationalities have been identified as being at “high risk of public benefits usage.”
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Minnesota has become ground zero for some of the largest pandemic-era fraud cases in U.S. history, where Somali aliens have stolen billions of dollars intended to feed children and provide healthcare services.
This comes after the US also ended foreign aid to Somalia because of its thieving culture.
As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier, the United States ended taxpayer-funded food aid to Somalia after local officials torched and looted the stockpiles of food stored in a US-funded World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse.
The Somali animals “illegally seized 76 metric tons of donor-funded food aid for vulnerable Somalis,” the State Department office of the Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance said.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained that US taxpayer-funded foreign aid “is not charity” and “should be spent in places and on things that further our foreign policy,” while announcing the Somali aid cut.
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“The State Department will pause immigrant visa processing from 75 countries whose migrants take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates. The freeze will remain active until the U.S. can ensure that new immigrants will not extract wealth from the American people,” The department announced on X last week.
“The pause impacts dozens of countries – including Somalia, Haiti, Iran, and Eritrea – whose immigrants often become public charges on the United States upon arrival. We are working to ensure the generosity of the American people will no longer be abused,” the statement continues. “The Trump Administration will always put America First.”
The State Department will pause immigrant visa processing from 75 countries whose migrants take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates. The freeze will remain active until the U.S. can ensure that new immigrants will not extract wealth from the American people.
— Department of State (@StateDept) January 14, 2026
The State Department also said in a press release,
President Trump has made clear that immigrants must be financially self-sufficient and not be a financial burden to Americans. The Department of State is undergoing a full review of all policies, regulations, and guidance to ensure that immigrants from these high-risk countries do not utilize welfare in the United States or become a public charge.
Effective January 21, 2026, the Department of State is pausing all visa issuances to immigrant visa applicants who are nationals of the following countries:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, and Yemen
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