On Wednesday, President Donald Trump introduced a journey ban on residents coming into the U.S. from 12 international locations, together with extreme restrictions on these touring from seven further nations. 

Based on the announcement by the White House, nationals from Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen are banned from coming into the USA efficient 12:01 a.m. on June 9.

These from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela may even face heightened restrictions. 

«In Government Order 14161 of January 20, 2025 (Defending the USA From Overseas Terrorists and Different Nationwide Safety and Public Security Threats), I acknowledged that it’s the coverage of the USA to guard its residents from aliens who intend to commit terrorist assaults, threaten our nationwide safety, espouse hateful ideology, or in any other case exploit the immigration legal guidelines for malevolent functions,» Trump shared within the announcement. «I additionally acknowledged that the USA have to be vigilant throughout the visa-issuance course of to make sure that these aliens accredited for admission into the USA don’t intend to hurt Individuals or our nationwide pursuits.» 

For Individuals, the U.S. State Division has journey advisories with a «Do Not Travel» list. Of the journey ban nations, a number of international locations have a degree 4 journey ranking: Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Venezuela, and Yemen. That mentioned, the journey advisory is a suggestion and Individuals aren’t banned by the U.S. authorities for coming into the aforementioned international locations.

Based on the Associated Press, most of the international locations on the brand new ban checklist have been additionally included in Trump’s journey ban throughout his first time period. The AP additionally reported that Trump shared a further message on social media tying the journey ban to a terrorism attack in Colorado on Sunday, by which a person threw a gasoline bomb right into a gathering of pro-Israel demonstrators. Nonetheless, the suspect in that incident is Egyptian, which doesn’t seem on this new checklist of banned international locations. 

A number of help teams have already condemned the ban, with Abby Maxman, president of Oxfam America, telling the AP, «This coverage shouldn’t be about nationwide safety—it’s about sowing division and vilifying communities which might be looking for security and alternative in the USA.» 

Shawn VanDiver, the president and board chairman of #AfghanEvac, a nonprofit aiding within the resettlement of Afghans in the USA, shared in a statement with a number of shops that whereas the Trump administration has made an exception for particular immigrant visas for Afghans who have been employed by the U.S. authorities, that also leaves «tens of 1000’s of Afghans with pending instances—particularly relations—[who] will now be blocked from reaching security, no matter their loyalty to the USA or prior vetting.» He added, «To incorporate Afghanistan—a nation whose individuals stood alongside American service members for 20 years—is an ethical shame. It spits within the face of our allies, our veterans, and each worth we declare to uphold.» 

Some nations additionally seem unfazed in regards to the ban or restrictions. Based on CNN, Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s Minister of Inside, Justice, and Peace, shared on native tv that touring to or being within the U.S.» … is a giant threat for anyone, not only for Venezuelans … They persecute our countrymen, our individuals for no purpose.» Cabello added, «In case you’re actually that silly, then go to the USA.»