The Trump administration is considering sanctions on passengers from more than 43 countries as it works to address national security concerns, New York Times Referring to government officials on Friday, reports.
Officials shared a list of countries that were flagged to review, noting that the administration was working with the State Department and Intelligence Agencies as it had finalized the new visa rules.
When it comes, travel ban is expected to face restrictions at some different levels.
Passengers from the biggest threat to national security will be fully banned from entering the United States, while passengers from countries will have less serious problems with extra screening to secure the visa. Still, other countries will still have a special period to address security concerns in hopes of avoiding a ban.
The “red” list of the draft list obtained by the New York Times shows 11 countries, which means that all travel will be banned: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen.
“It is unclear whether the current visa people will be exempted from the ban, or if their visas will be canceled, nor is it clear whether the administration plans to exempt the existing green card holders, who are already approved for halal permanent residence.
New travel restriction
President Donald Trump is expected to restore new sanctions on foreign passengers after returning to the White House.
On the occasion of the opening day, it signed an executive order instructing the Foreign Department to identify the countries that lacked the scrutiny and screening process.
This order gave the officials 60 days to complete the work. Their deadline is next week.
In the text of Executive OrderTrump argued that travel restrictions are necessary to prevent Americans’ security and immigration laws.
“It is the United States policy to protect its citizens from foreigners who intend to commit terrorist attacks, threaten our national security, support hateful ideology, or otherwise exploit immigration laws for the purposes of adultery,” Trump wrote.
To the travel ban cases
During his first term, Trump issued several travel bans, which led to mass protests and numerous litigation.
Opponents of the BNS noted that most countries were Muslim -majority countries subject to travel sanctions, and they claimed that government officials were influenced by anti -Muslim prejudice rather than national security concerns.
The Trump administration responded to Pushback by issuing new bans to a more low -made list of countries.
Nevertheless, one of the travel ban cases made the Supreme Court in such a way that in June 2018, it ruled that travel restrictions could stand because the president had a wide range of immigration policy.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote, “This announcement is in the jurisdiction of the Presidential Authority. The majority of opinionsAs was reported by Desserate News at that time.
