Trump's administration is considering travel ban new 36 countries
A new memo from the U.S. State Department could restrict the entry of citizens mainly from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, because of security regulations.
Travel restrictions could be affecting citizens of another 36 countries from entering the United States, according to a memo by the State Department published by The Washington Post. Signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, most of the nations are from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean Islands.
Early this week, the Department of Homeland Security eliminated the humanitarian parole program, following the previous travel ban on another 12 countries, including Venezuela, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Cuba. Some of the countries included in this new measure are Egypt, Angola, Cambodia, Nigeria, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Marco Rubio approved the measure
According to the document, Rubio demands that the nations submit an action plan within 60 days to address these potential limitations. As with the previous travel ban countries, the Secretary said that these measures are imposed due to a lack of "a competent central or cooperative government producing reliable identity cards and other civil documents."
Other reasons for the travel ban were that some citizens of these nations were involved in acts of terrorism, antisemitic, and anti-American activity in the U.S. On his part, they did not offer all the concerns for each country as in the first travel ban. "The Department of State is committed to protecting our nation and its citizens by upholding the highest standards of national security and public safety through our visa process," a senior State Department official said.
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian man, was arrested for the Boulder attack early this month, when he used a homemade molotov bomb to attack to a Jewish community. Photo: GLR Composition / NDTV / CNN
What countries are considered for the travel ban?
The countries listed in the document 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, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, South Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
These countries have a 60-day period to present a plan to ensure security measures for the U.S. No authority or representative of any of these nations has responded or commented. However, the memo includes that if any of these countries are willing to accept third-country nationals who were deported from the U.S., it could mitigate other concerns.
