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The White House announced a new travel ban “to protect the nation from foreign terrorist or other national security and public safety threats from entry into the United States.”
The ban fully restricts and limits people from 12 countries and partially restricts people from an additional seven countries.
The full ban applies to: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. The partial ban applies to: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.
The White House says that a high percentage of residents from these places have overstayed their visa expirations and many of them do not cooperate with the U.S. on deportations.
President Trump instated a travel ban during his first term. Despite lawsuits to stop it, the courts upheld his authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act to restrict entry for national security reasons.
This ban does NOT apply to current Visa holders or permanent residents and there is a provision to make exceptions for “individuals whose entry serves U.S. national interests.”