Trump drafts three-tier U.S. journey ban which now targets 43 international locations

President Donald Trump seems to have expanded the scope of the journey ban from his first time period to incorporate 43 international locations, in keeping with a report.

Though Trump didn’t reintroduce the “journey ban” on “day one” of his second time period, as he promised, he did problem an govt order on January 20 directing cupboard members to draft an inventory of nations that ought to face full or partial journey restrictions as a result of their “vetting and screening data is so poor” inside 60 days. Now, with that deadline approaching, a draft checklist of proposed international locations banned from touring to the U.S. is circulating, the New York Occasions reported.

It was developed by the State Division weeks in the past, officers acquainted with the matter advised the outlet, who cautioned it’ll probably endure modifications by the point the White Home will get ahold of it.

The Unbiased has reached out to the White Home and the State Division for remark.

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The draft checklist was separated into three sections — pink, orange, and yellow — to indicate the extent of restriction, in keeping with the outlet.

The “pink” checklist consists of 11 international locations whose residents could be solely forbidden from coming into the USA: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen.

Ten international locations whose residents can be restricted from coming into however not solely banned, that means they’re required to have particular visas, had been on the “orange” checklist. Individuals of Belarus, Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Turkmenistan must sit for in-person interviews to acquire a visa, the outlet reported.

The “yellow” checklist accommodates 22 international locations, principally African nations, that the Trump administration is giving 60 days to handle its considerations over alleged “deficiencies.” If these nations don’t comply, they danger being positioned on the pink or orange lists, the Occasions reported.

This checklist consists of Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Vanuatu and Zimbabwe.

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Safety specialists and embassy officers at State Division regional bureaus are reviewing the proposal and offering feedback as to the accuracy of the so-called deficiencies or whether or not there are “coverage causes” to keep away from sure categorizations, the outlet reported.

In his January 20 govt order, Trump stated the journey ban would “shield 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.”

On former President Joe Biden’s first day in workplace in 2021, he issued a proclamation to terminate Trump’s journey bans. He stated Trump’s bans had been “a stain on our nationwide conscience and [were] inconsistent with our lengthy historical past of welcoming individuals of all faiths and no religion in any respect.”