US President Trump Implements New Measure Restricting Entry of Nationals from 12 Nations | Trump’s Administration

Donald Trump has reinstated and expanded travel restrictions on citizens from several countries, resurrecting and expanding travel bans from his first term. Travel from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen will be fully restricted, while travel from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela will be partially restricted. Trump cited foreign policy, national security, and counterterrorism goals as reasons for the ban, which was announced in an executive order signed on his first day back in the White House. The bans are expected to harm the US economy and cause the separation of families, with critics calling them discriminatory and based on ethnicity. The decision comes amid a wave of hardline immigration policies from Trump, including blocking asylum claims at the southern border and cancelling temporary protected status for immigrants from countries facing humanitarian crises. The ban is subject to revisions based on material improvements to countries’ security measures and could be extended to other countries facing threats.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/04/trump-proclamation-travel-ban