Donald Trump’s new ban on trips to the United States by citizens of a dozen countries, mainly in Africa and the Middle East, came into force at 12 noon on Monday, more than eight years after Trump’s first travel ban sparked chaos, confusion and Legal battles.
The new proclamation, which Trump signed last week, “completely” restricted the nationals of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen to participate in the United States. The entry of nationals of Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela will be partially restricted.
Unlike Trump’s first travel ban in 2017, which initially targeted citizens of seven Muslim majority and was criticized as an unconstitutional “Muslim prohibition”, the new prohibition is broader and legal experts said they expected what he resists legal challenges.
The announcement of the new travel ban was welcomed with less indignation and protest than its initial ban on 2017. On Monday, the new ban seemed to be overshadowed by the other Trump immigration battles, including furious demonstrations in Los Angeles in the face of Trump’s deportation raids, which were followed by Trump deploying the national guard in the city despite the opposition of California.
The newly established ban includes citizens of Haiti, a majority Christian country. In the United States, Haitians were demonized by Trump during his presidential campaign, the president spreading the Based conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants in Ohio were Eat people’s pets.
He also imposed increased travel restrictions on the citizens of Venezuela, who have been targeted several times by the White House in recent months, while the sudden deportation of Venezuelans by the Trump administration in the United States at a notorious prison in Salvador triggered a massive legal battle.
The ban should also have a disproportionate effect on African countries, some citizens of targeted countries care about education, professional development and networking opportunities.
Mikhail Nyamweya, analyst of political and foreign affairs, previously told to the goalkeeper That new travel prohibitions and restrictions “would cause a model of exclusion” and “could also institutionalize a perception of Africans as foreign over the world”.
“This policy does not concern national security – it is a question of sowing the division and distribution communities which seek security and opportunities in the United States,” said Abby Maxman, president of Oxfam America, an international non -profit organization.
While five of the countries on the new prohibition list are not majority Muslims, in particular the Republic of Congo, Myanmar, Eritrea and Equatorial Guinea, as well as Haiti, the list targets citizens of non -white countries in the developing world, fueling critics that the prohibition is fundamentally racist and in the form of “bigotry”.
Trump’s first ban on traveling in 2017 was widely criticized as a Trump realization campaign Institute “A total and complete judgment Muslims entering into the United States ”. The Trump administration then added citizens of other non -Muslim countries to the prohibited list.
The new prohibition does not revoke the visas previously issued to people in the list countries, according to directives published Friday at all American diplomatic missions. However, unless a applicant meets close criteria for a ban exemption, his request will be rejected from Monday. Travelers with previously published visas should always be able to enter the United States even after the ban has taken effect.
In a video published on Wednesday on social networks, Trump said that nationals of the countries included in the prohibition pose risks “linked to terrorism” and “public security”, as well as the risks of exceeding their visas. He also said that some of these countries had a “deficient” screening and verification or historically refused to resume their citizens.
Trump also linked the new ban on a Recent attack in Boulder, Colorado that injured a dozen peopleSaying that this highlighted the dangers posed by some visitors who go beyond visas. US officials say that the alleged aggressor has exceeded a tourist visa. The man accused of the attack is of Egypt, a country which is not on the restricted list of Trump.
The Associated Press contributed the reports
