Johannesburg - On most mornings, dozens of people line up and wait for dates outside the U.S. consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, and many seek visa applications to go to the U.S., which can take up to five to six months to get one of the dates.
On Thursday, CBS News found on a cold winter morning in South Africa that hopeful travelers were worried about what would happen if they did arrive at a U.S. airport or during a visit.
president Trump announces imminent travel ban on Wednesday Despite the U.S. leaders' Tetchy relationship with the country, South Africa is not even included in all citizens of 12 countries in Africa and the Middle East. But the anxiety caused by the return of blanket travel restrictions - as did Mr. Trump in his first term - is almost obvious in Johannesburg.
One person in the line said they were planning to go to a work meeting, but they wanted to know if it was a good idea.
Another temporary plan for a trip for non-essential reasons, worrying, surnamed Assad, it is better to skip the planned trip altogether.
"Do I risk being rounded and sent to another country or even prison?" they asked. “The risk is too high.”
No one will give CBS News full name - most say that out of fear, any public comment could reject their visa request.
Which African countries are facing Trump's travel ban and why?
According to Mr. Trump's announcement, nationals of seven African countries face a ban on travel to the United States: Chad, Somalia, Sudan, Sudan, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea and Libya.
Three of these countries (Sudan, Somalia and Libya) belong to Mr. Trump's first semester travel ban In January 2017, although restrictions on Sudan were later abandoned, restrictions on Somalia and Libya were eased.
Many of the 12 countries on the new list are plagued by repressed regimes and plagued by conflict.
President Trump said in announcing the ban on Wednesday: “We don’t want them.
He cited the risks of people from terrorism to expired visas and stressed that the United States “cannot openly immigrate from any country we cannot safely and reliably review and screen those seeking entry.”
He said Somalia was called a "terrorist safe haven" by the president, while Libya said "the existence of historical terrorists."
"recent Boulder's terrorist attack"Colorado highlights the extreme dangers posed by foreign nationals who have not received proper scrutiny and those with temporary tourists and visas," Trump said.
Critics noted that the man was accused of assault. Mohamed Sabry Solimanis an Egyptian national, and Egypt is not included in the list of travel bans announced by Mr. Trump on Wednesday.
Somalia immediately responded to the announcement of the U.S. leader, whose ambassador to the U.S., said in a statement: "Somali values long-term relations with the United States and is ready to hold a dialogue to address the concerns raised."
"The United States must remain vigilant during the visa process," Mr. Trump said in his comments.
The African Union issued a statement Thursday asking the United States to adopt a more "negotiable approach" with the country that Trump named first, adding that it fears "the potential negative impact on human-person relations, educational exchanges, business participation, and the broader diplomatic relations carefully fostered over decades."
People from many African countries have long been difficult and laborious to get visas to travel to the United States.
However, Mr Trump's announcement came days after a plan announced by the second group of South African Dutch "refugees" in February, even though the government worked hard to do a quick exchange with the white South African administration Suspend other refugee programs.
President Trump repeats False claim of white genocide In South Africa, it is claimed that Afrikaan farmers are victims of systemic, racially motivated violence.
In January, South Africa passed a land acquisition bill that allows the state to own land ownership to address the racial disparity of ownership. So far, despite claims from right-wing activists in the country, no land has been confiscated without any compensation, and some prominent supporters outside South Africa, including Elon Musk - on the contrary.
Shortly after the bill passed, in a briefing with reporters, Mr. Trump accused the South African government of “doing something terrible, terrible,” he said in a social media post, “cut off all future funding for South Africa until a full investigation into this situation,” he said in a social media post.
As relations between the two countries deteriorated, President Cyril Ramaphosa tried to patch the connection with a series of new measures late last month. But President Trump ambushed him in the Oval Office, and the news camera rolled, a video of his claiming that he was a so-called white genocide.
The video includes clips of songs sung by controversial South African opposition figure Julius Malema in the anti-apartheid struggle, called "Kill Boole", which means the Afrikaans.
Ramaphosa watched the video and pointed out to Mr. Trump that the opinions expressed were not government policies and then acknowledged that South Africa had undeniable violent crime, but that only a few white farmers were targeted.
From a South African perspective, Ramaphosa's two-hour meeting with President Trump was seen as productive. Ramaphosa hopes to leave the White House on Mr. Trump's pledge and he will attend a February meeting in South Africa in November. He didn't understand, but the U.S. leader said he was thinking about it.
The U.S. Embassy in South Africa later issued a statement to update the government’s policy saying that to obtain a U.S. resettlement, applicants “must be members of South African ethnic or South African minorities and must be able to express past experiences of persecution or persecution.”
Across Africa, there has been confusion and grief over the ruthless aid and trade cuts brought by the Trump administration, and the travel ban only exacerbates that feeling.
"Maybe Americans don't like us anymore," advised a woman outside the U.S. consulate on Thursday.