The US Ambassador to Ghana Robert P Jackson has stated that Ghanaians who have overstayed their visas must be concerned because the new Trump administration will be rigid in deporting illegal Ghanaians.
“One thing that I do think that Ghanaians need to be aware of is, I think the president-elect, as I mentioned, is likely to be more rigid about illegal immigration. We have a lot of Ghanaians who have overstayed their visas in the U. S. and I think that they need to be concerned about whether they would be allowed to remain illegally.
“My guess is they will be given some options but the president will be serious about asking those who’ve violated their visa status to depart,” Mr Jackson told Class FM Wednesday after Donald Trump was elected President of the United States.
Ambassador Jackson added “I think that’s already underway in the Obama administration. I think it’s likely to accelerate under a Trump administration, but apart from that I do not expect major changes in our policy and whatever government emerges here after the elections on December 7 will have a friend in the U. S. and I’m confident will be a friend of the U.S.”
His comments come after some 100 Ghanaians and Liberians were deported from the United States for overstaying their visas.
Mr. Jackson, however, added that a new Trump administration will treat African countries differently.
“Ghana’s economy is growing, Nigeria’s is shrinking. We have a very different relationship with Ghana. Ghana is more supportive of free trade and shares a long history of peaceful existence which Nigeria does not have, so I think we need to be cautious.”
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