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List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by Melezenawii(op): 2:51pm On Dec 03, 2025
US pauses all immigration applications from 19 non-European countries:

Afghanistan ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ
Burma ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ
Burundi ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ
Chad ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ
Republic of the Congo ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ
Cuba ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ
Equatorial Guinea ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ
Eritrea ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท
Haiti ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น
Iran ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท
Laos ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Libya ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ
Sierra Leone ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
Somalia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด
Sudan ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ
Togo ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ
Turkmenistan ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ
Venezuela ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช
Yemen ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source

Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by CyynthiaKiss(f): 2:57pm On Dec 03, 2025
Stop consoling yourself, the main torch light is currently on Nigeria due to Chrtistian genocide
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by OnlineInLaw(m): 3:04pm On Dec 03, 2025
Running away may not be the Best solution
I saw a Video were a man was Celebrating being given a Canadian Visa and he was Celebrating like he just graduated from Harvard or something
And I was like, Just Imagine
When leaving your home country can now be considered an Achievement
A truly pitiful reality for the common man
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by givedemwotowoto: 5:56pm On Dec 03, 2025
Nigeria competing with known countries with high extremist ideologies
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by Kezifils(m): 5:57pm On Dec 03, 2025
I wish every Nation on earth will fix their mess. When that happens, no one will want to leave
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by osuofia2(m): 5:57pm On Dec 03, 2025
Europe should do same before the jeehadists populate their lands with high birth rate and later claim the fastest growing religion in the world
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by diabeticdeals: 5:57pm On Dec 03, 2025
Shocking!

Nigeria isn't included.
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by givedemwotowoto: 5:58pm On Dec 03, 2025
OnlineInLaw:
Running away may not be the Best solution
I saw a Video were a man was Celebrating being given a Canadian Visa and he was Celebrating like he just graduated from Harvard or something
And I was like, Just Imagine
When leaving your home country can now be considered an Achievement
A truly pitiful reality for the common man
What would you tell those women and children in IDP camps for almost 10 years now who watched their family members butchered and burned overnight, have no home to go back to, and have been forgotten?
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by ogashman(m): 5:58pm On Dec 03, 2025
People that support terrorists onslaught in their own countries will still be mad against the US for this news
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by motymop: 5:59pm On Dec 03, 2025
Some of these countries where destablise by the US grin
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by Kazeem47(m): 6:00pm On Dec 03, 2025
Did they forgot to update the list or what happened?
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by Freedom4us: 6:02pm On Dec 03, 2025
Melezenawii:
US pauses all immigration applications from 19 non-European countries:

Source
The religion of peace is a world wide nuisance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60QNKOfb9vk
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by englishmart(m): 6:02pm On Dec 03, 2025
You can't love terrorists and love the USA. Choose one,Bashir
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by damoobaba: 6:04pm On Dec 03, 2025
CyynthiaKiss:
Stop consoling yourself, the main torch light is currently on Nigeria due to Chrtistian genocide
E pain you. Namadi cownu still dey sokoto preesin.
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by wellmax(m): 6:07pm On Dec 03, 2025
Many people are sad because Nigeria is not on the list
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by SultanOfPuna: 6:08pm On Dec 03, 2025
I thought I saw Lagos. Abi my
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by SixSeven: 6:11pm On Dec 03, 2025
motymop:
Some of these countries where destablise by the US grin
The irony of it all. I asked AI to further expand on your post

Here are some of the countries from your list that โ€” historians and analysts widely agree โ€” have been destabilized, at least in part, by U.S. foreign policy. I highlight those cases with the strongest evidence below. (Others on your list have no clear record of major direct U.S. destabilizing intervention.)


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โœ… Countries noticeably destabilized by U.S. foreign policy

Afghanistan โ€” U.S. invasion after 2001, and subsequent 20-year war, deeply destabilized the country. The overthrow of the Taliban didnโ€™t lead to a stable state: after U.S./NATO withdrawal in 2021, the country fell back into chaos.
Libya โ€” U.S. (with NATO) 2011 air strikes to topple the regime dismantled a functioning (if authoritarian) state and triggered civil war, fragmentation, and ongoing instability.
Somalia โ€” U.S. overt and covert interventions (1990s UN-backed interventions, later drone/air strikes) helped produce collapse of central authority, civil war, and decades of instability.
Yemen โ€” U.S. involvement in counterterror operations (including drone strikes and support for allied interventions) significantly worsened internal conflict, humanitarian collapse and state breakdown.
Haiti โ€” U.S. interventions and military interventions (e.g. 1994 intervention to โ€œrestoreโ€ democracy) produced repeated cycles of instability, weak institutions, and chronic political dysfunction.
Cuba โ€” Longstanding U.S. hostility, economic pressure, covert actions and support for regime change efforts helped leave Cuba isolated, economically stunted, and politically repressed for decades.
Iran โ€” The 1953 U.S.-backed coup overthrew a democratically elected government, replacing it with authoritarian rule โ€” a foundational destabilizing event whose effects reverberate to this day.


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๐Ÿ“ What about the others โ€” โ€œno clear caseโ€ or ambiguous?

For many countries on your list (e.g. Burundi, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan), while they may be โ€œfragileโ€ or โ€œconflict-affected,โ€ there is no widely accepted or documented major U.S. intervention or interference that matches the scale seen in the countries above.
The presence of a country on travel-ban lists (as in a recent U.S. policy) โ€” by itself โ€” doesnโ€™t equal โ€œdestabilized by U.S. foreign policy.โ€


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๐Ÿง  Summary โ€” lost countries from your list

If I had to pick the ones from your list that were โ€œlostโ€ (i.e. severely destabilized or destroyed as functioning states / societies) by U.S. foreign policy, Iโ€™d mark:

Afghanistan

Libya

Somalia

Yemen

Haiti

Cuba

Iran


These are the cases with clear, documented interventions, coups or military campaigns by the U.S. that contributed to long-term instability or regime collapse.


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If you like โ€” I can also create a short tweet-ready list (max 280 characters per country) summarizing each of those โ€œlostโ€ cases โ€” ready to copy-paste. Do you want me to build that for you now?
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by Pootle: 6:12pm On Dec 03, 2025
thank God naija escape am
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by damoobaba: 6:12pm On Dec 03, 2025
SultanOfPuna:
I thought I saw Lagos. Abi my
Na so I think too. I had to go over it again.
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by Cajal(m): 6:14pm On Dec 03, 2025
CyynthiaKiss:
Stop consoling yourself, the main torch light is currently on Nigeria due to Chrtistian genocide
Stop this insinuation
No christian genocide anywhere
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by correctguy101(m): 6:18pm On Dec 03, 2025
CyynthiaKiss:
Stop consoling yourself, the main torch light is currently on Nigeria due to Chrtistian genocide
Ya profile pics na true o...


But las las, it's all part of the bigger picture. Remember, such chaos is needed for harvesting of negative energies and human parts for "special uses"... The government are never truly helpless. Those playing on the world wide board knows what they're doing.
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by Eriokanmi: 6:24pm On Dec 03, 2025
But Nigeria is one of them, only that we no chop visa ban. Na only those known for abetting terrorists chop ban. Could this be consolation news? These people don spoil our name finish. Na wen you commot Naija una go sabi for dem immigration passport control. While others will be let go, you must be set aside for some questioning once they discover you're from Nigeria. A Nigerian permanent resident in Canada said he was held for 1hr in new York recently by the cbp before being released. All these shiits had never happened before now.
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by onatisi(m): 6:26pm On Dec 03, 2025
Wettin togo do trump? That small country .
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by dododawa1: 6:33pm On Dec 03, 2025
Loas (Lagos)







Sighted sighted sighted
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by Sirjamo: 6:35pm On Dec 03, 2025
Only 7 Muslim countries out of 19
I thought the children of Paul said that Islam is their only problem in life.
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by Bluntemperor: 6:42pm On Dec 03, 2025
OnlineInLaw:
Running away may not be the Best solution
I saw a Video were a man was Celebrating being given a Canadian Visa and he was Celebrating like he just graduated from Harvard or something
And I was like, Just Imagine
When leaving your home country can now be considered an Achievement
A truly pitiful reality for the common man
Yeah,it is 2nd-Colonisation and he can't see, because he has a Jaundice,for All things are Yellow ๐ŸŸก to such person.
We easily forget that the White-Man has a Focus,
- Makes his Country Better in all Amenities,
-then the Country -Becomes an Enticements Avenue -to Lures -the African and Part of the Asia ๐ŸŒ- to serve the People there!
-Why do you think that late Botha of South Africa - Created Apartheid?
-But because we are not thinking right, including Past and to some extent Present leaders ( Governors, Ministers,the Legislatures,Head of Agencies, Parastatals) -Who Are- involved -in Looting the Nigeria Resources and AFRCAN CONTINENT Commonwealth- BACK TO The WHITE-MAN'S LAND'!
โ€ขIS THAT NOT DISGRACEFUL AND TERRIBLE ๐Ÿ˜” ENOUGH FOR OUR FUTURE AND THAT IS WHY THE YOUTHS WANTS TO JAPA AND CELEBRATE ITS Myopic knowledge OF BECOMING A Second -FIDDLE IN THE WHITE MAN LAND.
-In All Honesty,I would Not Blame Such Youths because at 21- Century,we Can't Provide Basics Amenities like good Road ๐Ÿ›ฃ๏ธ,Water, Health, STEM, Industrial Development and as I'm writing - NO LIGHT ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐Ÿšจ in my Place !
Very Shameful Situation Indeed!
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by SonOfDSoil01: 6:43pm On Dec 03, 2025
grin even with this positive and good news, some people are still sad that Nigeria is not on the listโ€ฆโ€ฆthis are the people that want us to hand over power to them on a platterโ€ฆโ€ฆ.we pray they heal someday grin
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by potent5(m): 6:45pm On Dec 03, 2025
It's obvious you don't understand that it is better to be alive and well in a western country than to be forever in fear of all manner of imminent death and harm.
OnlineInLaw:
Running away may not be the Best solution
I saw a Video were a man was Celebrating being given a Canadian Visa and he was Celebrating like he just graduated from Harvard or something
And I was like, Just Imagine
When leaving your home country can now be considered an Achievement
A truly pitiful reality for the common man
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by PDPdestroyer(m): 6:47pm On Dec 03, 2025
wellmax:
Many people are sad because Nigeria is not on the list
You mean the people below?

Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by grandstar(m): 6:51pm On Dec 03, 2025
All these countries have one thing in common: they are either desperately poor or their economies are in a poor.

America now does not want the poor, especially if they aren't White.
Re: List Of 19 Countries Of Particular Concerns That US Paused Immigration by We4all: 6:52pm On Dec 03, 2025
Why is Nigeria not on the list?
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