The Trump administration may stop people from 36 countries from traveling to America. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a memo to US diplomats on Saturday about new travel rules. Countries on the list have problems with fake identity papers and visa fraud. These nations must follow new State Department rules within 60 days.
Twenty-five African nations face potential travel restrictions. The list covers Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Four Caribbean countries also made the list: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia.
Four Asian countries appear on the memo: Bhutan, Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, and Syria. Three Pacific island nations round out the group: Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Some countries lack trustworthy government systems for documents. Many citizens from these places have broken their visa rules after arriving in America.
Countries can avoid restrictions if they agree to take back deported people. The affected nations must send plans to the State Department Wednesday morning at 8 AM. Trump brought back his earlier travel ban just one week ago. The new rules support his wider immigration goals of mass deportations and visa cancellations.
Twenty-five African nations face potential travel restrictions. The list covers Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Four Caribbean countries also made the list: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia.
Four Asian countries appear on the memo: Bhutan, Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, and Syria. Three Pacific island nations round out the group: Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Some countries lack trustworthy government systems for documents. Many citizens from these places have broken their visa rules after arriving in America.
Countries can avoid restrictions if they agree to take back deported people. The affected nations must send plans to the State Department Wednesday morning at 8 AM. Trump brought back his earlier travel ban just one week ago. The new rules support his wider immigration goals of mass deportations and visa cancellations.
