WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump signed a proclamation banning journey from sure international locations to “shield Individuals from harmful overseas actors”, the White Home mentioned on Wednesday (Jun 4).
The proclamation absolutely restricts and limits the entry of nationals from 12 international locations: Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
The entry of individuals from seven different international locations: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela, might be partially restricted.
The White Home mentioned the proclamation might be efficient from 12.01am Jap Time on Jun 9.
Athletes, together with coaches and instant kin, travelling for the World Cup, Olympics or different main sporting occasions are exempted, it added.
Trump mentioned the journey ban was spurred by Colorado assault and is topic to revision, including that different international locations could also be included as threats emerge all over the world.
Throughout his first time period in workplace, Trump introduced a ban on travellers from seven majority-Muslim nations, a coverage that went via a number of iterations earlier than it was upheld by the Supreme Courtroom in 2018.
Former President Joe Biden, a Democrat who succeeded Trump, repealed the ban in 2021, calling it “a stain on our nationwide conscience”.
