Trump Issues Full or Partial Travel Ban for 19 Countries
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On June 4, President Trump issued a proclamation entitled “Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats.”
The proclamation purports to restrict and limit the entry of all nationals from the following 12 countries to the United States: Afghanistan, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. It also “partially” restricts and limits the entry of nationals from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela. Trump’s proclamation goes into effect at 12:01 am ET on June 9.
According to Trump, restrictions and limitations on the entry of foreign nationals are necessary because the government “lacks the sufficient information to assess the risks they pose to the United States.” The proclamation also states that these restrictions and limitations are also “necessary to garner cooperation from foreign governments, enforce our immigration law, and advance other important foreign policy, national security, and counterterrorism objectives.”
Those excluded from the travel restrictions and limitations include: any lawful permanent resident of the United States, Afghan Special Immigrant Visas, any athlete or member of a team traveling for the World Cup or Olympics, immigrant visas for ethnic and religious minorities facing persecution in Iran, among others.
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