A Duke men’s basketball standout might be facing deportation following a weekend announcement from the Trump administration regarding a new visa policy.
The U.S. plans to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders effective immediately, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Saturday evening.
“I am taking actions to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and to restrict any further issuance to prevent entry into the United States, effective immediately,” Rubio wrote in the social media post. “Due to the failure of South Sudan’s transitional government to accept the return of its repatriated citizens in a timely manner.”
Among those impacted by this decision is Duke freshman center Khaman Maluach, who’s a native of South Sudan and played for its national team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The announcement was made only hours before the Blue Devils’ loss to Houston at the Final Four on Saturday night, leaving uncertainty about his future in the U.S.
