Somalia's President, Mohamed Abdullahi, said that the over 150,000 Somalis in the US "have contributed to the US economy in different ways, and we have to talk about what the Somali people have contributed rather than a few people who may cause a problem."
US President Donald Trump has described Obamacare, which was passed in 2010 and is seen as Obama's signature domestic policy achievement, as "a disaster".
The federal government has called on Nigerian citizens to avoid travel to the United States of America except on very essential matters until more clarity is obtained on new immigration rules in the country.