Trump cracks down on 'harmful overseas actors' with sweeping journey ban

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President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping order blocking journey to the US from almost 20 international locations recognized as high-risk for terrorism, visa abuse, and failure to share safety data.

The brand new journey restrictions — introduced underneath Govt Order 14161 — apply to nationals from 12 international locations, together with Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia, Libya, and Yemen, all deemed "very excessive danger" attributable to terrorist exercise, weak or hostile governments, and excessive visa overstay charges.

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Seven extra international locations, together with Venezuela, Cuba, and Laos, face partial restrictions.

"President Trump is fulfilling his promise to guard Individuals from harmful overseas actors that need to come to our nation and trigger us hurt," mentioned White Home Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson to Fox Information Digital.

She known as the restrictions "commonsense" and focused at international locations that "lack correct vetting, exhibit excessive visa overstay charges, or fail to share id and risk data."

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Afghanistan, for instance, has a scholar visa overstay charge of 29.3% and is managed by the Taliban, a chosen international terrorist group.

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Iran stays a state sponsor of terrorism and has refused cooperation with U.S. authorities. Libya, Somalia, and Yemen all lack functioning governments able to issuing safe paperwork.