Country to pull all visas for Americans after Trump travel ban

The Trump travel ban affects 12 mostly Muslim-majority countries.

Jun 7, 2025 - 06:30
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Country to pull all visas for Americans after Trump travel ban

In the late hours of June 4, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation that completely bans all trip from 12 countries and areas main restrictions on seven others.

The policy is a revival of the 2017 ban that used to be in the break repealed by the Biden administration. The countries whose citizens are completely restricted from entering the U.S. for any motive encompass Afghanistan, Myanmar, Iran, Libya, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, and Chad.

The huge majority of the countries focused bear a Muslim-majority population, while the seven additional countries that now restrict immigrants and these on sure student and trade visas from entering the U.S. encompass Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.

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'Neither planes to offer nor billions of bucks to present'

The White Dwelling justified the ban by announcing that nationals from these countries "pose a extremely high probability to america" and national security. In accordance with the ban, the central African nation of Chad reciprocated by announcing it will repeal any visas for U.S. citizens currently being processed.

"I in actuality bear advised the federal government to behave in accordance with the foundations of reciprocity and to droop the granting of visas to citizens of america of The United States," Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Deby acknowledged in a June 5 Fb put up. "Chad has neither planes to offer nor billions of bucks to present, however Chad has its dignity and pleasure."

Associated: African nation takes a huge step towards visa-free trip

The latter is a reference to Trump's different to rep a Boeing 747-8 (BA) luxurious jet as a gift from the Qatari royal family to make spend of as Air Power One, despite ethical concerns over $400 million in retrofitting costs and the security dangers interested by having an aircraft equipped by a foreign places government.

Chad equipped no additional small print on whether the resolution would impact future visas or U.S. citizens already in the nation on a transient visa. The Trump ban comes into raise out at 12:01 a.m. on June 9.

While the African nation is the first to acknowledge with a retaliatory measure, varied countries focused by the ban bear called it a mistake and a discriminatory act.

Haiti is one other nation focused by Trump's trip ban, despite the Biden administration's earlier efforts to ease restrictions.

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More countries acknowledge: 'We judge that here is a misunderstanding'

"Congo isn't very a terrorist nation, isn't very dwelling to any terrorist, isn't very acknowledged to bear a terrorist vocation," Congo-Brazzaville government spokesperson Thierry Moungalla acknowledged in an announcement. "So we judge that here is a misunderstanding, and I judge that in the impending hours, the competent diplomatic services of the federal government will contact the American authorities here."

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A representative for Sierra Leone acknowledged that the nation is committed to "work[ing] with U.S. authorities to confirm progress" on repealing the ban.

The unusual ban targets slightly of assorted countries than these that Trump incorporated in the model signed in 2017 — while Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Libya, and Yemen were incorporated in each bans, the brand new iteration noticeably excludes North Korea and Syria.

The African Union, which represents all 55 countries and member states on the continent, additionally issued an announcement calling on the U.S. to "have interaction in optimistic dialogue with the countries concerned" and craft a more collaborative methodology forward.

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