The Donald Trump administration in Washington is considering issuing massive travel restrictions as part of a new sanctions for citizens of dozens of countries, and Pakistan has been placed in a group that will be considered for partial suspension of visas issuance if their governments are not “trying to remove” within 60 days. Reuters.
The memo has a list of a total of 41 countries divided into three separate groups. The first group of 10 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Cuba and North Korea, will be appointed for a complete visa suspension.
In the other group, five countries – Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, Myanmar and South Sudan – will face partial suspension, which will affect tourists and students’ visas as well as other immigrants.
The memo said that in the third group, a total of 26 countries, including Belarus, Pakistan and Turkmenistan, will be considered for partial suspension if their governments “do not try to remove the shortcomings within 60 days.”
An American official, speaking on condition of anonymity, warned that changes could be made in the list and that it could not be approved by the administration, including the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
New York Times First notified in the list of countries.
The move returned to President Donald Trump’s first term on passengers of seven -majority Muslim countries, a policy that passes through several repetitions before being retained by the Supreme Court in 2018.
Trump issued an executive order January 20, which requires a speedy examination of the security of any foreigners seeking entry into the United States to detect national security threats.
The order has directed several cabinet members to present a list of countries by March 21, where travel should be partially or completely suspended because their “testing and screening information is so lacking”.
Trump’s direction is part of the immigration crackdown he started at the beginning of his second term.
He predicted his plan in the October 2023 speech, and promised that the Gaza Strip, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and “anywhere our security are threatened”.
The State Department did not immediately respond to a request from Reuters to comment.
