Criticism of Trump's decision to impose restrictions on citizens of 6 countries

NGOs and Democratic representatives have criticized US President Donald Trump's decision to impose new restrictions on the entry of citizens of six additional countries, including Sudan and Nigeria, into the United States of America.

The new measure, which comes into effect on February 22 alongside the two countries, includes Burma, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan and Tanzania, according to US administration officials.

The American Civil Liberties Union, which leads the campaign against Trump's decision, said: "Three years after its first anti-Muslim decree, the Trump administration confirms this ban and expands it to citizens of six other countries," calling on the government to put an end to this policy.

For its part, the non-governmental organization, "Refuguez International" stressed that "imposing restrictions on immigration in this form of circulation on the basis of nationality, race or religion is unreasonable and unnecessary."

Democratic lawmakers also condemned the new regulation that could fuel the existing dispute, and Chairman of the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, Benny Thompson, said that "the measure fits with Trump's ideas about immigration from countries with a majority of blacks."

For its part, the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry summoned the US ambassador to the country Donald Law, to request clarification on the decision, and the procedure justified that the Kyrgyz people do not hold biometric passports, and Kyrgyzstan responded by saying that “more than 80 countries do not grant biometric passports” that were not included on the Trump list .

The Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry considered that "restrictions have been imposed selectively on some countries only," warning of the damage this decision has caused to relations between the two countries.

The Foreign Minister of Nigeria, one of the largest economies in Africa, is expected to visit Washington tomorrow, for the sake of "strategic dialogue" between the two countries.

The new measure does not include trips for tourism or business, and an official said he was targeting some categories of immigrant visas to allow focus on people who want to settle in the United States, and not those who want to go to them for the purpose of visiting only.