Trump administration weighs adding 36 countries to travel ban, memo says

Reuters via NY Post ^ | 6/17/25

[Libloather]

President Donald Trump’s administration is considering significantly expanding its travel restrictions by potentially banning citizens of 36 additional countries from entering the United States, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters.

Earlier this month, the Republican president signed a proclamation that banned the entry of citizens from 12 countries, saying the move was needed to protect the United States against “foreign terrorists” and other national security threats.

The directive was part of an immigration crackdown Trump launched this year at the start of his second term, which has included the deportation to El Salvador of hundreds of Venezuelans suspected of being gang members, as well as efforts to deny enrollment of some foreign students from US universities and deport others.

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“The Department of State is committed to protecting our nation and its citizens by upholding the highest standards of national security and public safety through our visa process,” the official said.

The countries that could face a full or a partial ban if they do not address these concerns within the next 60 days are: Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cote D’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Ethiopia, Egypt, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, South Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

That would be a significant expansion of the ban that came into effect earlier this month. The countries affected were Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

The entry of people from seven other countries – Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela – has also been partially restricted.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; History; Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: ban; countries; memo; travel

[Libloather]

Git 'er done.

[EvilCapitalist]

This should drive the leftists nuttier than they already are.

[DoodleBob]

Why is he going to add Frisco and Los Angeles to that list?

[Jim W N]

Why does the Lying Leftist Media want to call it a “travel ban”? It’s a restriction on entering the U.S., not a “travel ban”.

[EvilCapitalist]

He should. After all, they are foreign countries.

[SpaceBar]

Yup. No one is banned from traveling.

They just can’t come here.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Add U.K. to the list. That’s where all the radical Pakistanis are.

[mass55th]

Sounds good to me.

[Waverunner]

I didn’t see Big Apple, Chitown or Kalifornia on the list.

[CatHerd]

Not Pakistan? Anybody remember San Bernadino?

[SharpRightTurn]

Ban the entire list, and be open to expanding the list.

[Organic Panic]

St. Kitty Nevis? That’s a bit of an outlier.

[Raycpa]

Several cruise ports.

[SunkenCiv]

[snip] Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cote D’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Ethiopia, Egypt, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, South Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

That would be a significant expansion of the ban that came into effect earlier this month. The countries affected were Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

The entry of people from seven other countries – Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela – has also been partially restricted. [/snip]

[airplaneguy]

What continent is Frisco in? Never heard of such a country and I’ve been to dozens of countries.