US stops issuing visas after Ghana refuses to take back deportees

The Trump administration announced late Thursday it will stop issuing some visas to citizens of the African country Ghana, following the government’s refusal to take back citizens the U.S. has tried to deport.

“Ghana has failed to live up to its obligations under international law to accept the return of its nationals ordered removed from the United States,” Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said. “The United States routinely cooperates with foreign governments in documenting and accepting U.S. citizens when asked, as appropriate, as do the majority of countries in the world, but Ghana has failed to do so in this case. We hope the Ghanaian government will work with us to reconcile these deficiencies quickly.”