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TRUMP BANS 12 Muslim Countries' Citizens From Entering US
TRUMP BANS 12 Countries; Signs Order Banning Citizens From Entering US
'I will ban refugee resettlement from Muslim countries - terror infested areas like the Gaza Strip, and we will seal our border and bring back the travel ban,Trump said'
Nationals from countries including Afghanistan, Haiti and Sudan fully restricted as those of seven other countries partially restricted
The Guardian 5 JUN 2025
Trump has signed a sweeping order banning travel from 12 countries and restricting travel from seven others, reviving and expanding the travel bans from his first term.
The nationals of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen will be fully restricted from entering the US, according to the proclamation.
Meanwhile, the entry of nationals of Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela will be partially restricted.
He said that he considered foreign policy, national security, and counterterrorism goals in deciding the scope of the ban. Trump had cued up the ban in an executive order signed on 20 January, his first day back in the White House, instructing his administration to submit a list of candidates for a ban by 21 March.
Trump has cited a range of justifications for the bans, including national security and concerns that visitors from those countries are overstaying their visas.
But advocates and experts have said that blanket travel bans discriminate against groups of people based on ethnicity alone. They will likely result as the travels bans did during Trumps first term in the separation of families. The bans on travel from Haiti, Cuba and Venezuela could be especially impactful in US communities with huge immigrant populations from those countries.
This discriminatory policy, which limits legal immigration, not only flies in the face of what our country is supposed to stand for, it will be harmful to our economy and communities that rely on the contributions of people who come to America from this wide range of countries, said Pramila Jayapal, a Democratic representative of Washington.
The decision to ban travel from these countries comes amid a wave of hardline immigration policies that Trump has issued, including the blocking of asylum claims at the southern border and cancelling temporary protected status for immigrants from a number of countries facing deep humanitarian crises.
Trump has also signed a proclamation to restrict foreign student visas at Harvard University and ordered US consulates to conduct social media screening of every visa applicant seeking to travel to the university.
In a video message released on social media, Trump said he was making good on a promise to act following the recent attack at a Boulder, Colorado, event showing support for Israeli hostages.
The attack by an Egyptian national underscored the extreme dangers posed to our country by the entry of foreign nationals who are not properly vetted, as well as those who come here as temporary visitors and overstay their visas. We dont want them, he said.
Trump was slammed for his cruel response to Boulder attack -suggesting attackers entire family could be punished over it. 'Six One Way Tickets for Mohameds Wife and Five Kids. Final Boarding Call'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuDBcOtAL8g&t=5s
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