Trump’s new travel ban is expected to take effect amid growing tensions over immigration enforcement
President Donald Trump’s new No travel The US, which is primarily citizens from 12 countries in Africa and the Middle East, is expected to come into effect on Monday. Escalating tension On top of the president An unprecedented campaign of immigration enforcement.
Trump’s new declarationSigned on Wednesdayapplies to citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. It also places high restrictions on people in Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela who do not hold valid visas outside the US.
The new ban will not revoke visas issued to people in countries previously listed;Guidance was published on FridayAll US diplomatic missions. However, unless the applicant meets the narrow AN criteriaExemption from prohibitionhis or her application will be denied from Monday. Travelers Previously issued visas should allow you to enter the United States even after the ban is in effect.
Elbanese Louis Juste, a Haitian-American at the airport on Sunday in Newark, New Jersey, was waiting for a flight to his home town in Florida, but said many Haitians who want to come to the US were simply trying to escape the violence and anxiety of the country.
“I have a family in Haiti, so seeing and listening is pretty upset,” said 23-year-old Louis Justeste of the travel ban. “I don’t think that’s a good thing. I think it’s very upsetting.”
Many immigration experts say the new ban is designed to beat the court’s challenges by focusing on the visa application process and appears to be more carefully crafted.Hurriedly written presidential orderDuring Trump’s first term, denying entry into citizens of mainly Muslim countries.
In a video posted on social media on Wednesday, Trump said citizens of the nations included in the ban pose a risk of “terrorism-related” and “public safety” as well as overstaying visas. He also said some of these countries have been screening and reviewing “sudden” or have historically refused to regain citizens.
His findings rely widely on the annual Homeland Security Report on tourists, businessmen and students arriving in the air or by sea, exaggerating visas, relying on singles to countries with a high percentage of citizens remaining after visas expire.
Trump has also concluded a new banTerrorist attacks in Boulder, Coloradosaying it highlighted the dangers raised by several visitors.Who exaggerates the visa?. The man charged with the attack comes from Egypt, who is not on Trump’s restricted list. American officials say himI’ve been staying over tourist visas.
The ban was quickly condemned by groups that helped refugees to help and resettle the country.
“This policy is not about national security, it is about sectors and slander that seek security and opportunity in the United States.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government denounced the travel ban and characterized it in a statement as a “stigmatization and criminalization campaign” against Venezuelans.
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