US to impose new entry restrictions on multiple nations
Trump Announces Travel Ban Affecting 12 Countries: US President Donald Trump has banned people from 12 countries from entering the U.S. People from these countries cannot travel to the US. Even during his first term as US President, Trump imposed a travel ban on people from many countries. However, it was later lifted. Now, once again, Trump has imposed a complete ban on people from many countries from entering the US. Trump has taken strict action against seven other countries, citing America’s security.
The ban will come into effect from Monday
Trump signed a proclamation on Wednesday night to ban people from a dozen countries from entering the United States. These countries include Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Along with this, a strict ban has been decided on people coming from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela. The travel ban will come into effect from noon on Monday.
Ban was also imposed in 2017
During his first term, Trump issued an executive order in January 2017 that banned travel to the US by citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries – Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. It was one of the most chaotic and confusing decisions of his presidency. Travellers from these countries were either barred from boarding flights to the US or detained at US airports after landing. These included students and teachers as well as business people, tourists and people visiting friends and family.
This order is often referred to as the “Muslim ban” or “travel ban”. Trump faced many legal challenges regarding this ban. In such a situation, it kept changing continuously. In 2018, the Supreme Court approved it after several changes. This ban affected various categories of travelers and immigrants from Iran, Somalia, Yemen, Syria, and Libya, as well as North Korean and some Venezuelan government officials and their families. Trump and others have defended the ban on national security grounds, arguing that it was intended to protect the country and was not based on anti-Muslim prejudice. However, the President had talked about a clear ban on Muslims during his first campaign for the White House
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