Trump orders new total restriction on entry to the U.S. for seven countries
Citizens with total restrictions on entering the U.S. are from the countries of Burkina Faso, Laos, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Syria
It should be recalled that the Trump Administration had already denied visas to Palestinian officials who planned to attend the UN General Assembly held in September.
Restrictions on these countries
Regarding the restricted countries, the president had already placed partial restrictions on citizens of Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Ivory Coast, Dominica, Gabon, Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Last June, he decreed a total ban on Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.
The first countries added to that list are Burundi, Cuba, Togo, and Venezuela.
“Lack of information to assess risks”
With the current expansion, 19 countries are now subject to a total travel ban to the United States, in addition to the Palestinian National Authority, while another 19 face partial restrictions, EFE reported.
“The restrictions and limitations imposed by this proclamation are, in my judgment, necessary to prevent the entry or admission of foreign nationals about whom the United States Government lacks sufficient information to assess the risks they pose to the country,” states the order signed by Trump.