The United States has imposed targeted visa restrictions on "hardline members" of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and their families, citing concerns over renewed tensions and the potential for conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region. U.S. State Department spokesperson Thomas "Tommy" Pigott announced on June 17 that these measures aim to deter actions undermining peace efforts, following recent clashes between Tigray Security Forces and the Ethiopian National Defense Forces. These confrontations, the first since the 2020-2022 war, threaten to reverse fragile peace gains and destabilize the Horn of Africa. The restrictions, authorized by Secretary of State Marco Rubio under the Immigration and Nationality Act, target individuals complicit in obstructing crisis resolution and come as hundreds of thousands of displaced civilians fear a return to full-scale war.