Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has urged Nigerians and other Africans affected by the recent mass visa revocation in the United States to “return home before facing possible arrest” by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
In a post on his X (Twitter) handle on Monday, Sani advised: “Nigerians and other thousands of Africans whose visas were recently revoked by President Trump should hasten and leave the country and return home before they get arrested by ICE.”
He philosophized that no matter how long one stays abroad, “you will someday be reminded that it’s not your father’s house.”
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The advisory follows reports that the U.S. State Department has revoked at least 80,000 visas since January 2025 under President Donald Trump’s administration—a number “more than twice the number recorded in the previous year.”
According to a report released last Thursday, the U.S. Department specified the reasons for the revocations, which included “16,000 linked to driving under the influence, 12,000 for assault, and 8,000 student visas.”
Other reasons listed for the mass revocations included “terrorist support, criminal activity, public safety threats, overstays, and actual terrorism.”
Although the nationalities were not disclosed, the department had previously stated in August that over 6,000 student visas were withdrawn for overstays and legal violations, with a small number connected to “support for terrorism.”
The U.S. has also tightened its visa regulations in recent months.
In July, the U.S. Embassy directed all applicants for F, M, and J non-immigrant visas to “set their social media accounts to public” for enhanced background checks.
That same month, it announced a major policy change affecting Nigerian applicants, which included a “reduction in the validity period for several categories of visas.”
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