Here’s another reality check in the ongoing debate over borders, law, and accountability: despite Joe Biden trying to turn the United States into the world’s doormat with his open-border free-for-all, some of President Trump’s immigration policies still carry weight—and they’re doing exactly what they were designed to do. Just ask Nigerian businesswoman Chinelo Ejianwu, who learned the hard way that you can cry on social media all you want, but visa fraud doesn’t fly in Trump’s America.
Ejianwu, the owner of “Onyx Hair by Nelly,” went viral recently, not for some trendy hair product, but for sobbing her eyes out after being denied entry into the U.S. and sent packing back to Nigeria. She claims it was all an honest mistake, but U.S. officials saw right through the crocodile tears, thanks to Trump-era policies still on the books requiring increased vetting of visa applicants.
Let’s break it down. Since June 18, 2025, under President Trump’s enhanced vetting policy, all F, M, and J visa applicants have to disclose social media usernames from the past five years. While that policy directly targets student, vocational, and exchange program applicants, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers can still inspect any traveler’s devices at the border, no matter the visa type.
That’s exactly what happened to Ejianwu. She arrived in Houston with a B1/B2 visa, designed for tourism and business meetings—not for hustling hair products at trade shows. But CBP officials weren’t born yesterday. They scoured her Instagram, read her DMs, and quickly discovered she had marketed her attendance at the “Naija Brand Chick Trade Exhibition” in Houston as an exhibiting vendor, shipping products into the U.S. and coordinating pickups with customers.
In other words, she intended to conduct unauthorized commercial activity on U.S. soil. That’s a clear-cut violation of her visa terms, no matter how heartfelt her Facebook post was.
She admitted, in her own words, “I messed up big time.” You think? Trying to do business at a trade fair with the wrong visa type is more than a “mistake”; it’s fraud, plain and simple.
This is exactly why Trump’s policies matter. Vetting isn’t cruelty—it’s common sense. America’s borders shouldn’t be optional, and the rules apply, whether you’re a student, a tourist, or someone selling hair extensions. No apologies necessary.
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