The United States is taking steps to impose visa sanctions on an executive of a charter flight transportation company for facilitating irregular migration to the United States through Nicaragua from outside the Western Hemisphere. The companies are preying on vulnerable migrants by operating services primarily designed to facilitate irregular migration to the United States. At the same time, the Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua continues to benefit financially from the exploitation of vulnerable migrants.
U.S. visa sanctions promote accountability for these actors. No one should profit from vulnerable migrants – not smugglers, private companies, or public officials. We will continue to work with partners in government and the private sector to impose visa sanctions against unscrupulous transportation company owners, executives, and senior officials as part of our broader campaign to eradicate such exploitative practices within and beyond the Western Hemisphere.
These actions were taken in accordance with a State Department policy announced in February 2024, which expanded and replaced a previous policy announced the in November 2023, under Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 212(a)(3)(C). This policy targets senior executives of companies that provide land, sea, or charter air transportation, which is primarily used by individuals seeking to migrate irregularly to the United States.
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