[arista]

Citizens from 12 countries -
1. Afghanistan,
2. Myanmar,
3 .Chad,
4 .Congo-Brazzaville,
5 .Equatorial Guinea,
6. Eritrea,
7 .Haiti,
8. Iran,
9 .Libya,
10. Somalia,
11.Sudan &
12.Yemen

They are now banned from travelling to the US.

Those from another seven countries -
Burundi,
Cuba,
Laos,
Sierra Leone,
Togo,
Turkmenistan and
Venezuela
will be subject to a Partial Ban.



[For most countries included on the list,
the White House cites a mixture
of visa overstay rates and
political instability.
The sole reason mentioned for the bans
affecting Congo-Brazzaville, Chad,
Equatorial Guinea, Burundi, Laos,
Sierra Leone, Togo
and Turkmenistan,
for example,
are the percentage of people
overstaying their US visa.

Other reasons frequently cited include
nations previously not accepting
"removable nationals", criticism of the authorities
which issue passports in the country,
or an inability to access
criminal records of migrants.

Security concerns are also cited in the
proclamation.
The White House accuses Iran and Cuba
of being a "state sponsor of terrorism",
says there is a "historical terrorist presence"
in Libya, and calls Somalia "
a terrorist safe haven".

Meanwhile for Haiti, the proclamation
says "hundreds of thousands of
illegal Haitian aliens flooded
into the United States during
the Biden administration",
which it says
"harms American communities".]


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgqwyxxpzgt



Trump likes a Ban.