Trump announces new travel ban from several nations
President Donald Trump has announced a travel ban on people coming from a dozen nations, since the United States simply does not have the ability to properly vet them.
There are new limits on travel from another seven nations because of their unacceptable rates of visa overstays.
Nationals from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen are barred, while there are limits on those coming from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.
“As president, I must act to protect the national security and national interest of the United States and its people. I remain committed to engaging with those countries willing to cooperate to improve information-sharing and identity-management procedures, and to address both terrorism-related and public-safety risks. Nationals of some countries also pose significant risks of overstaying their visas in the United States, which increases burdens on immigration and law enforcement components of the United States, and often exacerbates other risks related to national security and public safety,” Trump said.
“Some of the countries with inadequacies face significant challenges to reform efforts. Others have made important improvements to their protocols and procedures, and I commend them for these efforts. But until countries with identified inadequacies address them, members of my Cabinet have recommended certain conditional restrictions and limitations. I have considered and largely accepted those recommendations and impose the limitations set forth below on the entry into the United States by the classes of foreign nationals identified in sections 2 and 3 of this proclamation.”
Trump had taken a similar action during his first term, prompting leftists to claim it was a “Muslim ban,” which it wasn’t. The Supreme Court at that time affirmed his strategy.
#BREAKING: President Trump just signed a FULL travel ban for multiple Middle Eastern and African countries, including Somalia, Afghanistan, and others
Ilhan Omar is going to be big mad tonight, as she’ll no longer be able to import Somalis
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— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 4, 2025
BREAKING: President Trump releases video statement following his decision to ban entry into the United States from 12 countries.
Seven other countries have partial restrictions.
The 12 countries with full travel restrictions are: Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the… pic.twitter.com/LywxQ7XPzi
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 5, 2025
A commentary at RedState noted that chorus already was in full voice again.
“The move came just days after an Islamic terrorist seeking to ‘free Palestine’ set several elderly Jewish women on fire in Colorado with Molotov cocktails. Mohamad Soliman had overstayed a tourist visa during the Biden years but was given work authorization in 2023, which ran out weeks before his attack.”
It continued, “As you’d expect, the meltdown on the left began immediately. Accusations of racism and xenophobia are already flowing like milk and honey. Ah, yes, America’s founders were big on the ideal of importing people from violent Islamic countries on visas. I’m not sure how this hurts our ‘global leadership’ either. Is the argument that Afghanistan, Iran, and Libya won’t respect us anymore? Because I’ve got some news for Democrats if that’s the case.”
The commentary pointed out, “It objectively makes America safer not to offer visas to countries that breed terrorists. That’s just common sense. To be clear, there’s nothing racist about this ban. For one, Muslim is not a race, and not all the countries listed are predominantly Muslim. Two, the countries on the list are home to several different races. Three, I don’t think I’m going to take my cues on what is un-American from a Democrat congresswoman who is more concerned about nations on the other side of the globe than her own.”
The proclamation noted several of the nations regularly decline to accept the return of their own citizens, indicating a “blatant disregard for United States immigration laws.”
Trump noted his restrictions during his first term “successfully prevented national security threats from reaching our borders and which the Supreme Court upheld.”
He targeted aliens who “intend to harm Americans or our national interests” and said the U.S. “must identify such aliens before their admission or entry into the United States.”
The announcement cited influence of the “Specially Designated Global Terrorist group,” the Taliban, in Afghanistan and the fact the nation “does not have appropriate screening and vetting measures. For Burma, it historically refused to cooperate with the U.S. to take back “removable nationals.”
Like problems were cited for the rest of the nations, including Somalia.
“Somalia lacks a competent or cooperative central authority for issuing passports or civil documents and it does not have appropriate screening and vetting measures. Somalia stands apart from other countries in the degree to which its government lacks command and control of its territory, which greatly limits the effectiveness of its national capabilities in a variety of respects. A persistent terrorist threat also emanates from Somalia’s territory. The United States Government has identified Somalia as a terrorist safe haven. Terrorists use regions of Somalia as safe havens from which they plan, facilitate, and conduct their operations. Somalia also remains a destination for individuals attempting to join terrorist groups that threaten the national security of the United States. The Government of Somalia struggles to provide governance needed to limit terrorists’ freedom of movement. Additionally, Somalia has historically refused to accept back its removable nationals.”