US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced in his X profile that the visas of Minister Alexandre de Moraes and his allies will be revoked.
In the publication, Rubio quotes Donald Trump saying that the US president made it clear that the administration “will be responsible for censorship of censorship to the expression protected in the United States.”
. made clear that his administration will hold accountable foreign nationals who are responsible for censorship of protected expression in the United States. Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes’s political witch hunt against Jair Bolsonaro created a…
— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio)
He added: “The political persecution of, against created a complex of persecution and censorship so wide that it not only violates Brazilians’ basic rights, but also goes beyond the borders of Brazil to reach Americans.”
The main diplomat of the United States concludes the text by saying that he ordered “the revocation of the visas of [Alexandre de] Moraes and their allies in court, as well as their immediate family members, with immediate effect. “
In a statement, the US State Department has published that “this visa restriction policy is in accordance with Section 212 (A) (3) (C) of the Immigration and Nationality Law, which authorizes the Secretary of State to make any foreigners whose United States” would have potentially serious adverse consequences for foreign policy. “
