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President Donald Trump On Wednesday, a policy characteristic of its first mandate on Wednesday, announcing that citizens of 12 countries would be prohibited from visiting the United States and that those of seven others are said to be confronted with restrictions.
The prohibition takes effect on Monday at 12:01 pm, a cushion that could avoid chaos which took place at the country’s airports when a similar measure came into force without notice in 2017. Trump, who reported plans for a new ban on taking up his duties in January, seems to be on a firmer land that moment after the Supreme Court realized.
Some, but not all, 12 countries also appeared on the list of countries prohibited during Trump’s first term. The new ban includes Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
There will be increased restrictions on visitors to Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.
In a video published on social networks, Trump equaled the new ban on Sunday’s terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, saying that she highlighted the dangers posed by some visitors who have raised visas. The suspect of the attack is from Egypt, a country that is not on Trump’s limited list. The Ministry of Internal Security says that it has exceeded a tourist visa.
Trump said some countries had a “deficient” screening and verification or historically refused to resume their own citizens. Its conclusions are largely based on an annual report on visa internal security on tourists, business visitors and students arriving in air and at sea, distinguishing countries with high percentages to stay after the expiration of their visas.
“We don’t want it,” said Trump.
The inclusion of Afghanistan has angry certain supporters who worked to reinstall its people. The ban is of exceptions for Afghans on special immigrant visas, generally people who worked most closely with the US government during the two decades.
Afghanistan was also one of the largest sources of resettled refugees, with around 14,000 arrivals during a period of 12 months until September 2024. Trump suspended the resettlement of refugees its first day of power.
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“Including Afghanistan – a nation whose people were held alongside the American soldiers for 20 years – is a moral shame. He spits in front of our allies, our veterans and each value we claim to support, “said Shawn Vandiver, Chairman and Chairman of the Board of Directors of #Afghanevac.
Trump wrote that Afghanistan “does not have a competent or cooperative central authority to issue passports or civil documents and that it has no appropriate screening and verification measures.” He also cited his rates on the visa.
Haiti, who avoided the ban on travel during Trump’s first term, was also included for high surpassing rates and a large number that came to the United States illegally. The Haitians continue to flee poverty, hunger and political instability arose while the police and a sustained mission against the violence of the gangs, with armed men controlling at least 85% of its capital, Port-au-Prince.
“Haiti does not have a central authority with sufficient availability and dissemination of information on the application of the laws necessary to ensure that its nationals do not undermine the national security of the United States,” wrote Trump.
The Iranian government has not offered any immediate reaction to be included. The Trump administration called it as a “sponsor of state of terrorism”, with the exception of visitors, with the exception of those who already have visas or who arrive in the United States on special America problems for minorities faced with persecution.
Other Middle East nations on the list – Libya, Sudan and Yemen – are all faced with civilian conflicts and a territory in progress supervised by opposing factions. Sudan has an active war, while the Yemen war is widely spread out and the Libyan forces remain armed.
International aid groups and refugee resettlement organizations condemned the new ban. “This policy does not concern national security – it is a question of sowing the division and the distribution communities which seek security and opportunities in the United States,” said Abby Maxman, president of Oxfam America.
The ban on trips results from an executive decree of January 20 that Trump has issued, demanding state departments and internal security and the director of national intelligence to compile a report on “hostile attitudes” towards the United States and if the entry of certain countries represented a risk of national security.
During his first mandate, Trump published a decree in January 2017 prohibiting travel in the United States by citizens of seven countries with Muslim predominance – Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.
It was one of the most chaotic and confusing moments of his young presidency. The travelers of these nations were either forbidden to go on their flights to the United States, or detained in American airports after landing. They understood students and teachers as well as businessmen, tourists and people visiting friends and family.
The ordinance, often called “Muslim ban” or “travel ban”, was revised in the midst of legal challenges, until a version is confirmed by the Supreme Court in 2018.
The ban has affected various categories of travelers and immigrants from Iran, Somalia, Yemen, Syria and Libya, as well as North Koreans and certain representatives of the Venezuelan government and their families.
Trump and others defended the initial ban on national security reasons, arguing that it was aimed at protecting the country and not based on anti-Muslim prejudices. However, the president called for an explicit ban on Muslims during his first campaign for the White House.
–Amiri reported to the United Nations. The writers of the associated press Rebecca Santana, Jon Gambrell, Ellen Knickmeyer and Danica Coto contributed to this report.
