That Donald Trump wanted to change the immigration policy of USA was known. That he would ask for money as a guarantee to give the US state visa In citizens from specific countries, it is a new … discovery.
This is a pilot program by the State Department, which was announced on Monday (04.08.2025) and according to which citizens of some countries (still unknown who) will be required to pay up to $ 15,000 as a guarantee to get a visa and be able to travel to the US!
The decision is expected to be published immediately in the Federal Government newspaper and put in place 15 days later. It is Trump’s new measure to combat illegal immigration.
The purpose of the US authorities is to ensure that those who seek visa will remain no longer than they are allowed to stay in the US.
The pilot program is expected to last 12 months. Based on the notification of the State Department, it concerns both tourism trips and business-business reasons.
This initiative “strengthens the Trump government’s commitment to make respect for US laws in the immigration and protection of national security,” a foreign ministry spokesman said.
It mainly concerns “nationals of states found by the State Department that they have high indicators of exceeding their duration of their authorized residence” or “their control and verification are deemed inadequate”, in the crisis of consular employees.
According to the document, about 500,000 people exceeded the duration of the stay provided by their visas in the financial year 2023 (October 2023-October 2024).
The State Department did not make a list of countries on target.
About 40 countries, especially European, participate in a 90 -day visas exemption program.
In recent months, Donald Trump has promoted the hardening of criteria to grant visas to nationals of various countries, especially African, in his anti -immigration policy.
The US government also announced that passport visa is suspended for its nationals Burundi, citing the “repeated violations” of nationals of the African country.
After returning to the White House in January, Donald Trump announced the fight against irregular migration in a top priority of his government, promising the largest expulsion campaign in American history.
At the end of July, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has denounced “abusive” practices that “deprive human property” from immigrants to their detention centers in the US.