Trump Administration may impose a journey ban on dozens extra international locations : NPR

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honglouwawa/Getty Photos/iStockphoto The Trump administration is contemplating a transfer that might practically triple the variety of international locations topic to a travel ban , based on a State Division memo obtained by NPR. As much as 36 extra nations may very well be added to the list of 12 that had been positioned beneath full or partial restrictions earlier this month.

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Signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the memo, first reported by The Washington Publish, says the 36 international locations have been recognized as having "vetting and screening info [that] is so poor as to warrant a partial or full suspension" of entry of their residents to the U.S. It is the newest transfer in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown that has included mass deportations of immigrants accused or convicted of felony exercise and others.

The memo says, among the nations are designated as state sponsors of terror , or a few of their residents have been "concerned with acts of terrorism in america." Some lack a reputable "authorities authority to provide dependable id paperwork," preserve unreliable felony information, or are beset by "widespread authorities fraud," based on the memo. Different issues embrace claims that the international locations have excessive charges of residents overstaying visas, or residents who've been "concerned in antisemitic or Anti-American exercise in america." International locations that don't handle issues may very well be really helpful for a journey ban as quickly as August.

Limiting entry of people from these international locations "will assist safe the American homeland and make our communities safer," mentioned Division of Homeland Safety spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin in a press release to NPR.

The memo additionally cites necessities that overseas governments be "totally cooperative" in eradicating overseas nationals when it's "important to U.S. nationwide safety." And any particular issues that the U.S. might have with a selected nation may very well be "mitigated," the memo says, if that nation is keen to just accept deportees from the U.S. who can't be despatched again to their nation of origin.

"It is a obligatory step to garner cooperation from overseas governments to just accept deportation flights of their very own residents, strengthen nationwide safety, and assist restore integrity to the immigration system," McLaughlin mentioned.

Critics of the journey bans, nevertheless, have railed against President Trump's earlier bans as racially and religiously discriminatory for concentrating on many African and Muslim-majority nations.

The international locations listed within the memo as going through bans are: Angola; Antigua and Barbuda; Benin; Bhutan; Burkina Faso; Cabo Verde; Cambodia; Cameroon; Côte D'Ivoire; Democratic Republic of Congo; Djibouti; Dominica; Ethiopia; Egypt; Gabon; The Gambia; Ghana; Kyrgyzstan; Liberia; Malawi; Mauritania; Niger; Nigeria; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; South Sudan; Syria; Tanzania; Tonga; Tuvalu; Uganda; Vanuatu; Zambia; and Zimbabwe.

Nations already totally banned on June 4 are: Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. These partially banned are Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.

In his first time period in workplace, Trump banned vacationers from seven Muslim-majority international locations, however the order was rescinded beneath the Biden administration.