WASHINGTON: The United States announced sanctions Thursday against officials at an Uzbek visa facilitation company over an illegal immigration network, while the country\u2019s leader was in Washington to attend President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cBoard of Peace Council\u201d meeting.<\/p>\n
Washington \u201chas taken steps to impose visa restrictions on individuals in Uzbekistan identified as knowingly facilitating illegal immigration to our nation,\u201d the State Department said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The visa ban applies to executives and senior officials from two visa facilitation companies based in the Central Asian nation, it said, without naming them.<\/p>\n
The State Department said the companies were providing travel services for migrants to illegally enter the United States.<\/p>\n
It accused them of facilitating travel \u201cthrough airports and across borders to transit points in Central America,\u201d where many then tried to enter the United States illegally.<\/p>\n
Washington \u201cwill not tolerate any attempts to undermine our national security or immigration laws,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
The announcement of the sanctions came as Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev participated in the inaugural meeting of Trump\u2019s \u201cBoard of Peace\u201d in Washington on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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