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Home » News » Trump announces full travel ban on swathe of African nations, others

Trump announces full travel ban on swathe of African nations, others

June 5, 2025
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Donald Trump will restrict travel to the U.S. from 19 countries, many of them in Africa— the White House announced in a presidential proclamation on Wednesday, unveiling limits reminiscent of his controversial first-term “Muslim travel ban.”

Effective June 9, travel will be fully restricted from 12 nations: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Partial restrictions will apply to seven others: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.

In a video statement released on Wednesday, the president said a recent Molotov cocktail attack on Jewish activists in Colorado, allegedly carried out by an Egyptian man, highlighted the need for such restrictions.

The alleged hate crime attacker, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, remained in the U.S. after his travel visa and subsequent work authorization expired, according to the government.

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Trump attempted to ban travel from majority-Muslim nations in his first term, prompting protests and lawsuits, and the president pointed to ‘Islamic terrorists’ in announcing his second-term version
Trump attempted to ban travel from majority-Muslim nations in his first term, prompting protests and lawsuits, and the president pointed to ‘Islamic terrorists’ in announcing his second-term version (AP)

“The recent terror attack in Boulder, Colorado, has underscored the extreme danger posed to our country by the entry of foreign nationals who are not properly vetted, as well as those who come here as temporary visitors and overstay their visas,” Trump said from the Oval Office. “We don’t want them.”

The White House told Jewish leaders during a private briefing earlier on Wednesday the travel restrictions were tailored towards those with a background like Soliman, Forward reports, though Egypt itself isn’t listed under the ban.

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Lawful permanent residents, athletes traveling for the World Cup and Olympics, and those who have already been granted asylum or refugee status are among the limited exceptions to the restrictions.

Others with immediate family member visas, dual citizenship with a non-restricted passport, and United Nations and NATO visas are also exempt.

The National Iranian American Council stated in a statement the policy will “deeply harm the countless Americans, including in the Iranian-American community, whose loved ones will be arbitrarily denied visas or experience racial profiling and discrimination at ports of entry based on their heritage.”

“National origin tells us nothing about whether an individual is a terrorist threat,” the group added. “Yet, that is precisely what Trump’s bans have been based on.”

The restrictions are reminiscent of travel bans Trump imposed during his first term, which he initially described as an explicit attempt to ban Muslims from entering the U.S.

The bans prompted widespread protest and lawsuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately decided to narrowly uphold a revised version of the administration’s travel restrictions in 2018.

Announcing the second-term travel bans, Trump once again made explicit mention of Islam.

“We will restore the travel ban, some people call it the Trump travel ban, and keep the radical Islamic terrorists out of our country,” Trump said of the restrictions in a statement on Wednesday from the White House.

President Trump said recent Boulder terror attack underscored need for newly announced travel bans on 19 nations
President Trump said recent Boulder terror attack underscored need for newly announced travel bans on 19 nations (Getty)

New York Democratic congressman Dan Goldman reacted to Wednesday’s announcement, saying: “I mean it’s pretty consistent with what his, quote unquote, ‘immigration policy’ is, which is just essentially to keep anyone who’s not white out of the country.

“And that’s what he’s trying to do with these mass deportations of people who are going through the asylum process, which is a lawful pathway, that’s now what he’s trying to do in targeting these specific countries. And so it’s a combination of these efforts to push forward with this ‘great replacement theory’ as well as just to distract from what’s really going on, which is a revolt against his terrible reconciliation bill that cuts taxes for billionaires and increases our deficit by two and a half trillion dollars.”

On the campaign trail, Trump vowed to bring back his travel bans and pledged to end refugee resettlement from what he called “terror-infested areas.”

“We will bring back the travel ban — you remember the famous travel ban,” he said at an event in September.

On Wednesday, separately from the travel ban decision, the president also issued a proclamation banning international students from entering the U.S. to attend Harvard, part of the administration’s long-running battle with the university, including a now-paused attempt to strip Harvard’s ability to enroll international students.

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