What to know about the travel ban and who they can affect
The immigration law allows presidents to ban travel in the United States, but President Donald Trump’s ban is more clear than in the past.
- A new memo of the Trump administration has revealed potential travel sanctions on 41 countries, affecting the family alliance for many American families.
- The proposed ban, such as the 2017 executive order, raises concerns about the potential discrimination and separation of nationality -based families.
- Columbus, Ohio, who is a major migrant population home, can be significantly affected, with thousands of people unable to re -meet family members of the countries.
- Advocate groups are emphasizing diplomatic solutions and highlighting the negative effects on families who have already endured a prolonged scrutiny process.
Have already faced thousands of new American families Year of separation from your loved ones Because of the war in their own country, they disperse their family members.
But now, because of a New Trump Administration MemoWaiting for some people to meet with family members may have been for years now.
Earlier this month, the Trump administration’s internal memo by Reuters is named after 41 countries in which federal officials can impose travel restrictions. According to Reuters, the list should still be approved by the US Secretary of State, and may change.
This happened after President Donald Trump was released An executive order at the office on the first day According to the Executive Order, “Testing and Screening is so lacking” to guarantee a partial or complete suspension of admission to their cabinet members to prepare a report for their names. He also called for the accounting of how many people from those countries came to the United States after former President Joe Biden took office in January 2020.
The report is due on Friday.
Trump has claimed that in the past, young children have to ensure the safety of Americans, despite similar restrictions waiting for their mothers to meet again.
For people born in some countries or some nationalities, a travel ban is a move that there is no unusual step for the executive order issued during Trump’s first administration, which banned people from Muslim -majority countries from entering the United States, starting January 27, 2017.
The order included seven countries and initially had a 90 -day period.
“The possibility of another travel ban, which seems inevitable, makes me physically ill.” Community Refugees and Immigration Services (CRIS) in Columbus.
He said he saw the loss of Muslim ban during Trump’s first presidency.
“The families have been unnecessarily separated for years,” he said. Parents lost their children’s milestones, they could never return. The weddings were damaged. “
What will be the impact on Columbus residents, Ohioins, from travel ban?
Some Columbus residents already have a level of “sky -high” anxiety, Palmer said, if his family gets visas before “successful films of the upcoming punishment”.
Each year, Columbus welcomes hundreds of refugees, who come to the country legally after a long, deep screening process by the US government. They are usually forced to leave their nations, escape from violence and persecution.
The proposed ban could affect Somali citizens, 60,000 to 70,000, of which about OP from 60,000 to 70,000, said Hassan Omar, the president and executive director of the Central. Columbus -based Somali Community Association of Ohio. It is believed to be the second largest population of Somalia in the United States behind the Manipolis region.
Ohio is also home to the largest population of Bhutani people outside Bhutan. Bhutani community of Central Ohio (BCCO). He said that about 35,000 Bhutani in Central Ohio and a total of 55,000 to 60,000 in the state.
The families of Columbus residents are citizens of Somalia, Eritrea, Afghanistan and Sudan, among others, said Palmer. All these countries have been listed to potentially ban.
Omar said these are thousands of locals who may not possibly re -join their family members who are in other countries when the ban is approved. It can also stop visits to the family members of the nationalities.
“These people who have already waited many years, followed all the rules of applying for a unity, and for whom?” Palmer said. “Our country is returning to the days when the entire group of people is forbidden to come here only on the basis of their nationality. The ban was never about keeping us safe, but about keeping those who are ‘unwanted’ described by the administration.”
Pikorel was surprised to see Bhutan, which he called the “relatively low profile country” in the list.
He said that very few Bhutanese citizens travel to the United States due to lack of direct diplomatic relations between the two countries, but potential ban can still have serious implications for families engaged in family alliance efforts.
Most of the local Bhutani people actually belong to the Bhutan of the eastern Himalayan mountains, but who have been living in refugee camps in Nepal for 20 years. After the King of Bhutan banned their Hindu religion, many refugees became and people were jailed, killed or deported in the 1980s.
Bhutani Nepalese refugees resettled in Columbus in the late 2000s.
Bhutanese people want the White House to emphasize diplomatic engagement with Bhutan, Pikorel said.
Which countries can be banned?
The memo is divided into 41 countries named in three types: those who are subject to full visa suspension, that is, the citizens of these countries cannot enter the United States. Partial visa suspension affects people with only specific types of visas. According to Reuters, and partial visa suspension until they remove the identified shortcomings within 60 days.
Nations with full visa suspension in the memo are: Afghanistan, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen.
They are recommended for partial visa suspension: Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, Myanmar and South Sudan.
The rest are recommended for partial suspension if they do not fix the shortcomings, and they include: Angola, Antigua and Barboda, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cabu Varge, Cambodia, Cameron, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Domino, Domino, Domino, Damascus Lucia, Sao Tom and Principal, Sierra Leone, East Timor, Turkmenistan and Vanwato.
USA Today reporters Erin Mansfield and Franciska Chambers participated in the reporting.
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