What we know about Trump’s latest travel ban

According to the White House, Donald Trump signed the ban on travel in the United States.

There are also seven additional countries whose nationals will face partial travel restrictions.

The American president said that the list could be revised if “material improvements” were made and that additional countries could be added as “threats emerge in the world”.

It is the second time that he has ordered the prohibition to travel in some countries.

He signed a similar order in 2017, during his first mandate.

Trump has signed a proclamation prohibiting travel in the United States from nationals in 12 countries:

• Afghanistan
• Myanmar
• Chad
• Republic of Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Haiti
• Iran
• Libya
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Yemen

There are seven additional countries whose nationals are faced with partial travel restrictions:

• Burundi
• Cuba
• Laos
• Sierra Leone
• Go
• Turkmenistan
• Venezuela

The prohibition takes effect on Monday at 12:01 (05:01 BST), a cushion which avoids chaos which took place in airports at the national level when a similar measure came into force with practically no notice eight years ago.

The White House said that these “common sense restrictions” “would protect Americans from dangerous foreign actors”.

In a video published on his Truth social website, Trump said that the Recent terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado “Underlined the extreme dangers” posed by foreign nationals who had not been “correctly verified”.

Twelve people were injured in Colorado on Sunday when a man attacked a group in support of Israeli hostages, throwing two incendiary devices and using a makeshift flame.

The man accused of having led the attack was identified as an Egyptian national, but Egypt is not included on the list of prohibited countries.

Trump has close ties to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi, who has in the past have been described by the American president as his “favorite dictator”.

There are a number of people from affected countries who may still be able to enter the United States due to the following exemptions:

• Athletes traveling for major sporting events, such as the 2026 World Cup or the 2028 Olympic Games
• Holders of “immigrant visas for ethnic and religious minorities faced with persecution in Iran”
• Afghan nationals hold special immigrant visas
• Any “legal permanent resident” of the United States
• Double nationals who have citizenship in countries not included in the ban on travel

In addition, the Secretary of State can grant exemptions to individuals in the case of “on a case-by-case basis”, if “the individual would serve a national interest in the United States”.

Trump’s last order, which is expected to face legal challenges, has attracted a rapid response to the country and abroad.

Somalia has promised to work with the United States to solve any security problem.

In a statement, the Somali ambassador to the United States, Dahir Hassan Abdi, said his country “enhances its long-standing relationship” with America.

The Minister of the Interior of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, warned that “being in the United States is a great risk for anyone, not only for the Venezuelans”.

Democrats quickly condemned this decision.

“This prohibition, extended by Trump’s Muslim ban during his first mandate, will only insulate us more on the world scene,” said Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat deputy of Washington, in an article on social networks.

Another democrat, the member of Congress Don Beyer, said that Trump “betrayed” the ideals of the founders of the United States.

Human rights groups have also criticized the ban.

Amnesty International USA described him as “discriminatory, racist and downright cruel”, while human rights based in the United States first called him “yet another anti-immigrant and punitive action taken” by the president.

Trump ordered his initial travel ban during his first mandate at the White House in 2017.

He presented some of the same countries as his last order, notably Iran, Libya and Somalia.

Critics called him a “Muslim ban” as the seven countries initially listed were the Muslim majority.

The White House has revised politics, finally adding two non -Muslim majority countries, North Korea and Venezuela.

It was confirmed by the Supreme Court in 2018.

President Joe Biden, who succeeded Trump, repealed the ban in 2021, calling him “a task on our national conscience”.