Washington — President Trump signed a proclamation late Wednesday barring vacationers and immigrants from 12 international locations and limiting the entry of nationals from seven different nations.
With the transfer, the White Home cited issues about nationwide safety. The president mentioned the current assault at a march supporting Israeli hostages in Boulder, Colorado, had “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 don’t want them,” Mr. Trump mentioned.
Right here’s what to know concerning the journey bans:
What are the journey ban international locations?
With some exceptions, the proclamation bans the entry of foreigners from 12 international locations who’re searching for to return to the U.S. completely as authorized immigrants, in addition to these with short-term visas, together with vacationers:
- Afghanistan
- Myanmar
- Chad
- The Republic of the Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Haiti
- Iran
- Libya
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Yemen
The proclamation additionally partially suspends the entry of vacationers and immigrants from one other seven international locations. This restriction applies to authorized immigrants searching for to maneuver to the U.S. and sure short-term visa holders who hail from the next international locations:
- Burundi
- Cuba
- Laos
- Sierra Leone
- Togo
- Turkmenistan
- Venezuela
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When does the ban take impact?
The ban is about to take impact at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, June 9.
Why had been the international locations chosen?
On the primary day of his second administration, Mr. Trump directed officers to carry out a safety evaluation of high-risk areas and make suggestions for the place immigration and journey restrictions ought to be imposed.
The president mentioned the components thought-about had been “the largescale presence of terrorists, failure to cooperate on visa security, inability to verify travelers’ identities, inadequate record keeping of criminal histories and persistently high rates of illegal visa overstays, and other things.”
“Very simply, we cannot have open migration from any country where we cannot safely and reliably vet and screen those who seek to enter the United States,” Mr. Trump mentioned.
The president cited the current assault in Boulder, the place an Egyptian nationwide was charged, as a part of the justification for the bans. Egypt shouldn’t be among the many international locations on the White Home’s listing. However the proclamation directed officers to evaluate the “adequacy” of Egypt’s vetting insurance policies “in light of recent events.”
Are there exceptions to the brand new journey ban?
The president’s decree incorporates sure exemptions, together with for U.S. everlasting residents and the spouses and youngsters of U.S. residents who’ve “clear and convincing evidence of identity and family relationship.”
The proclamation additionally outlines exemptions for Afghans who assisted American forces and have particular visas; diplomats; athletes coming to the U.S. for the World Cup, the Olympics and different main sporting occasions; twin nationals with a passport from a rustic not listed within the president’s decree; and for adoptions.
Mr. Trump mentioned the listing may very well be revised if international locations make “material improvements,” and new international locations may very well be added “as threats emerge around the world.”
Did Trump do that earlier than?
The president’s actions comply with a collection of journey bans issued throughout his first administration that originally focused predominantly Muslim international locations. Like these orders, his newest proclamation may very well be topic to lawsuits, though the Supreme Court docket in the end upheld the revised ban from his first time period, which the White Home famous in a truth sheet outlining his second-term bans.
The president touted his first-term journey bans in his video assertion launched Wednesday.
“In my first term, my powerful travel restrictions were one of our most successful policies, and they were a key part of preventing major foreign terror attacks on American soil,” Mr. Trump mentioned.
In January 2017, Mr. Trump signed a journey ban limiting the entry of most residents of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The ban sparked widespread outcry, creating chaos at airports and prompting authorized challenges, as opponents argued the ban was discriminatory.
Then in March 2017, Mr. Trump eliminated Iraq from the listing and added Chad, Venezuela and North Korea. The president expanded the ban in 2020, including immigration restrictions for nationals of Nigeria, Eritrea, Sudan, Tanzania, Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan. Chad was later faraway from the listing.
The third iteration of the president’s first-term ban was upheld by the Supreme Court docket in the summertime of 2018. On the time, conservative justices cited the president’s broad authority to limit the entry of foreigners on nationwide safety grounds. When President Joe Biden took workplace, he scrapped that ban.
