SOYINKA
TO ‘CUT’ U.S. GREEN CARD IF TRUMP WINS
Nobel Laureate Prof.
Wole Soyinka has said he will destroy his green card if Donald Trump emerges as
winner of Tuesday’s United States (U.S.) presidential election.
The green card is a
permanent residence permit for the U.S. – prized by many African immigrants to
the U.S.
His comments emerged
in the video of a conversation with students at Oxford University in the UK.
The famous author
appears to be taking a swipe at Trump over his radical stance on immigration.
American voters go to
the polls on Tuesday and latest polls show the two candidates are neck and
neck.
Trump
is famous for his promise to build a wall to keep Mexican immigrants out of the
U.S. if he makes it to the White House.
Under his hardline
proposals, every illegal immigrant currently in the U.S. would be subjected to
deportation if he wins the election.
He said there will be
no pathway to citizenship or even legal status for them unless they leave the
country and get in line with everyone else who wants to enter the U.S., subject
to the normal immigration procedures.
Soyinka said he
feared the Republic candidate would ask all green-card holders to reapply to
come back into the U.S.
“Well, I’m not
waiting for that,” the Nigerian author told his student audience.
“The moment they
announce his (Trump’s) victory, I will cut my green card myself and start
packing up,” he added. READ MORE
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