US Travel Ban List : The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it was extending travel restrictions to an additional 20 countries and the Palestinian Authority, increasing the number of countries affected by broad limitations imposed earlier this year on who can travel and emigrate to the United States.
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The Trump administration added five more nations, as well as those traveling on Palestinian Authority-issued documents, to the list of countries facing a total ban on entry to the United States, and imposed new restrictions on 15 others.
The decision is part of the administration’s continuous efforts to tighten US entry rules for travel and immigration, which critics say unfairly restricts people from many different nations from traveling. Following the arrest of an Afghan national suspect in the shooting of two National Guard troops over the Thanksgiving holiday, the government indicated that the limitations will be expanded.
People who already have visas, are lawful permanent residents of the United States, or fall into specific visa categories such as diplomats or athletes, or whose presence into the country is thought to benefit the United States are excluded from the restrictions. According to the proclamation, the modifications will take effect on January 1.
In June, President Donald Trump stated
In June, President Donald Trump stated that nationals of 12 nations would be barred from entering the United States, while those from seven others would suffer limitations. The decision restored a key policy from his first administration.
At the time, the prohibition encompassed Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen, as well as tightened restrictions on travelers from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.
The Republican administration stated on Tuesday that Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria would join the list of nations whose residents are barred from entering the United States. The government also totally prohibited travel for those with Palestinian Authority-issued travel documents, the most recent US travel restriction against Palestinians. South Sudan already had considerable travel restrictions.
Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Ivory Coast, Dominica, Gabon, Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, Zambia, and Zimbabwe would also have some limitations.
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The limits apply to anyone who want to visit the United States or emigrate there.
In its announcement, the Trump administration stated that several of the nations from which it was banning travel had “widespread corruption, fraudulent or unreliable civil documents and criminal records” that made it impossible to evaluate their individuals for travel to the United States.
It also stated that some nations had a high rate of visa overstays, refused to return residents who the US wanted to deport, or had a “general lack of stability and government control,” making vetting more difficult. It also cited immigration enforcement, foreign policy, and national security as reasons for the move.
The Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard officers near the White House has pleaded not guilty to murder and assault. Following that incident, the government imposed a slew of immigration restrictions, including additional limitations on those from the initial 19 nations who were already in the United States.
Critics who have contended that the administration is exploiting national security concerns to collectively keep people from a wide range of nations will undoubtedly be outraged by the news of the widening travel ban.
“This expanded ban is not about national security, but rather another shameful attempt to demonize people based solely on their nationality,” said Laurie Ball Cooper, vice president of US Legal Programs at the International Refugee Assistance Project.
Advocates for Afghans who backed the United States’ two-decade-long war in Afghanistan expressed concern Tuesday that the amended travel ban no longer includes an exception for Afghans who qualify for the Special Immigrant Visa. That is a visa category reserved for Afghans who helped the US war effort at tremendous risk to themselves.
No One Left Behind, a longtime advocate for the Special Immigrant Visa program, expressed “deep concern” over the shift. The organization praised the president’s dedication to national security, but it also noted that allowing Afghans who have served in the US to enter the country after comprehensive vetting benefits to the country’s security.
“Though intended to allow for review of inconsistent vetting processes, this policy change inadvertently restricts those who are among the most rigorously vetted in our history: the wartime allies targeted by the terrorists this proclamation seeks to address,” according to a statement from the group.
Countries that were recently added to the list of banned or restricted countries indicated late Tuesday that they were reviewing the news. Dominica’s government said it was taking the situation with “utmost seriousness and urgency” and was contacting US officials to clarify the limits and address any issues.
Ronald Saunders, Antigua and Barbuda’s ambassador to the United States, said the “matter is quite serious” and that he will seek additional information from US officials about the new limitations.
The Trump administration also increased restrictions on certain nations, including Laos and Sierra Leone, that were previously on the partially restricted list, and claimed in one case, Turkmenistan, that the country had improved sufficiently to warrant relaxing some restrictions on tourists. Everything else from June’s travel restrictions remains in effect, according to the administration.
The latest limitations on Palestinians come months after the government enacted restrictions that make it practically hard for anybody with a Palestinian Authority passport to obtain travel permits to visit the United States for business, work, pleasure, or education. The ruling made Tuesday goes much further, prohibiting Palestinian Authority passport holders from moving to the United States.
In defending its decision on Tuesday, the government stated that “US-designated terrorist groups operate actively in the West Bank or Gaza Strip and have murdered American citizens.” The administration also stated that the recent violence in those regions had “likely resulted in compromised vetting and screening capabilities.”
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