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Trump's migration freeze may cut off billions in diaspora remittances

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on September 5, 2025. [Mandel NGAN / AFP]

The announcement last week by US President Donald Trump that the country would freeze migration from all third world countries is the latest in a series of hits that could have a major impact on Kenya. 

The move is expected to make the American dream even more elusive, limiting the new number of Kenyans going to the US and in turn deal a blow to President William Ruto’s regime that has been pushing a labour export agenda. 

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