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President Donald Trump’s new ban on travel in the United States by citizens in 12 countries, mainly African countries and the Middle East, came into force in the midst of an increasing tension on the president’s growing campaign in terms of immigration application.
The new proclamation, which Trump signed last week, applies to citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. It also imposes increased restrictions on people in Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela which are outside the United States and do not hold a valid visa.
In total, just under 162,000 immigrant visas and temporary work, studies and travel visas were issued during the 2023 financial year to nationals of the countries affected in the categories of visas now prohibited, according to the Migration Policy Institute. The prohibition includes exemptions, such as the two nationals, permanent residents, immigrant visas for immediate members of the citizens and athletes traveling for major sporting events such as the World Cup of next year, when the United States hosts around 75% of tournament matches.
The new prohibition does not revoke the visas previously issued to people in the list countries, according to directives published Friday at all American diplomatic missions. However, unless a applicant meets close criteria for a ban exemption, his request will be rejected from Monday.
During Trump’s first mandate, an executive decree in a hurry ordering the refusal of entry to the citizens of mainly Muslim countries created chaos in many airports and other entrance ports, causing successful legal challenges and major revisions to politics.
No disturbance of this type was immediately noticeable at Los Angeles International Airport in the hours that followed the new ban.
Prohibition criticized by migrant defenders
Although the United States has a significant problem with unauthorized people within its borders, estimated between 11 million and 12 million people by various tanks of reflection on immigration, the prohibition was quickly denounced by groups which provide aid and aid to resettlement to refugees.
“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, an international non -profit organization.
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.
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US President Donald Trump defended the ban on the ban on citizens in twelve countries and to impose rigorous travel restrictions on seven other countries. Trump said he was focused on countries representing a terrorist threat, have a history of visa violations or lack of safe travel documentation systems.
Afghanistan had been 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 reinstalling of the country’s refugees on its first day of power.
While most countries on the list are on the other side of the world, the Haiti Caribbean nation is an exception. The country is currently embraced by some of its most important gang violence, with UN officials said last week A food crisis exists for many inhabitants of the island.
Louis-Justian-American Haitian, who was at the airport earlier on Sunday in Newark, NJ, waiting for a flight to his original state from Florida, said many Haitians wishing to come to the United States simply seek to escape violence and troubles.
“I have family in Haiti, so it’s quite overwhelming to see and hear,” said Louis-Just, 23, about the ban on travel. “I don’t think it’s a good thing. I think it’s very overwhelming.”
Many immigration experts say that the new prohibition is more carefully designed and seems designed to beat the challenges of the courts that have hindered the first by focusing on the visa application process.
Trump said this time that some countries had a “deficient” screening for passports and other public documents or historically refused to resume their own citizens. He relied a lot on an annual report on the internal security of people who remain in the United States after the expiration of their visas.
The measurement of surpassing rates has challenged experts for decades, but the government has made a limited attempt every year since 2016. Trump proclamation cites overtaking rates for eight of the 12 prohibited countries.
Trump also linked the new ban A boulder attack, colo.Saying that this highlighted the dangers posed by some visitors who go beyond visas. US officials say that the man accused of the attack has exceeded a tourist visa. He is from Egypt, a country that does not appear on Trump’s limited list.
“Egypt was a country with which we are dealing very closely. They have things under control,” said Trump last week. “The countries that we do not have under control.”
