Starting on Monday at 00:00 ET (05:00 BST), President Donald Trump’s extensive new travel ban prohibiting nationals of twelve nations from entering the United States came into effect.
Trump issued last week an order prohibiting people of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo-Brzzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen from entering the US.
Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela are among the further seven nations from whom nationals will be subject to partial travel restrictions.
While new nations might be included as “threats emerge around the world,” the US president warned the list might be changed should “material improvements” take place.
Trump has mandated a travel restriction from several nations twice now. In 2017, during his first time in office, he signed a like order.
These “common sense limitations” according to the White House will “protect Americans from dangerous foreign actors”.
A few from the impacted nations might still be able to enter the US under many exceptions.
Last week, Trump said in a video uploaded to his Truth Social website the recent attack in Boulder, Colorado “underscored the extreme dangers” presented by foreign people who had not been “properly vetted”.
On June 1, twelve persons were hurt in Colorado when a guy attacked a rally in support of Israeli hostages. Declaring it a suspected terror act, the FBI stated the suspect had utilized Molotov cocktails, other incendiary devices, and a crude flamethrower.
Egypt has not been listed as a forbidden nation, although the guy accused of launching the attack was found to be a national of Egypt.
Trump’s most recent directive, probably going to be challenged legally, responded quickly both domestically and internationally.
While Somalia committed to collaborate with the US to handle security concerns, Chad responded by suspending all visas to US citizens.
Representing all of the continent, the African Union asked the US to “engage in constructive dialogue with the countries concerned”.
Democrats in the US were fast to object to the action.
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal said on social media, “this ban, expanded from Trump’s Muslim ban in his first term, will only further isolate us on the world stage.”
