President Donald Trump has signed a new proclamation imposing a wide travel ban on people from 12 nations, effective at 12:01 a.m. Monday. The decision represents a return to a divisive policy from his first administration. According to the new order, people of Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen will be prevented from entering the United States.
In addition to the full ban, the government will place partial limitations on travelers from seven other countries: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela. “I must act to protect the national security and interests of the United States and its people,” Trump stated in the proclamation issued Wednesday night.
Trump’s executive order from January 20th, which directed the State and Homeland Security departments and the Director of National Intelligence to assess “hostile attitudes” toward the United States and decide whether entry from particular countries constituted a security risk, is the basis for the list of targeted countries.
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In line with Donald Trump ‘Muslim ban’ of 2017
The decision is strikingly similar to Trump’s 2017 executive order, known as the “Muslim ban,” which first prohibited entry for citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen. That directive caused havoc at airports, with passengers including students, professors, businesspeople, and tourists being detained or turned away upon arrival. Legal disputes forced the administration to rewrite the directive several times before the Supreme Court upheld one version in 2018.
That version affected North Korea, some Venezuelan government officials and their families, as well as tourists and immigration from Iran, Somalia, Yemen, Syria, and Libya.
While Trump and his friends claim that the travel bans are based on national security concerns, critics contend that the policies disproportionately target Muslim-majority nations and have discriminatory purpose. During his 2016 campaign, Trump openly advocated for a “total and complete shutdown” of Muslim immigration to the United States.
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