Trump’s blacklist: Citizens of 43 countries will be banned from entering the US

Industrialist, citing administration officials, said that the Trump administration is considering "targeting" people of up to 43 nations as part of a new travel ban on the United States that would be more extensive than the limits put in place during President Trump's first term.

 A "red" list of 11 nations whose residents would all be prohibited from entering the US is proposed by Trump's draft list.

The Trump administration has proposed a list of nations whose nationals may be prohibited from entering the United States, which is shown in the table below.

The State Department put together the list a few weeks ago, and by the time it got to the White House, there were probably going to be adjustments, the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed.

The draft has been reviewed by intelligence agencies, security specialists in other departments, and officials in State Department offices and embassies around the world.

An "orange" list of ten nations for which travel would be limited but not prohibited was also included in the initial proposal.  In certain situations, rich business travelers might be permitted access, but those with tourist or immigrant visas would not.

In order to receive a visa, citizens on this list will also have to go through required in-person interviews.  Belarus, Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Turkmenistan are among the nations on the list.

 Trump issued an executive order upon taking office on January 20th, mandating that the State Department designate nations "for which screening and vetting information is so incomplete as to warrant partial or complete suspension of admission of nationals from those countries."

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With that list, he authorized the agency 60 days to finish a report for the White House, which is due next week.  The directive stated that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the departments of Justice and Homeland Security, and the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs would support the initiative, which has been spearheaded by the State Department.

While refusing to specifically address the internal discussions taking place behind the scenes, the State Department stated that it is complying with Trump's directive and that it is "committed to protecting our nation and its citizens by maintaining the highest standards of national security and public safety through the visa process."

Afghanistan, which was not included in Trump's first term travel ban but fell into Taliban control after the US withdrew its forces in 2021, was expected to be included in the second term ban, according to reports this month from the Industrialist and other news organizations.

 Additionally, it's unclear if those who currently hold valid visas would be immune from the restriction or if their visas would be revoked.  Furthermore, it's unclear if the government plans to grant current green card holders who have already received approval for lawful permanent residency an exception.

Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian-born former graduate student of Palestinian descent at Columbia University, had his green card revoked by the Trump administration last week for organizing prominent campus protests against Israel's war in Gaza that the administration claimed were anti-Semitic, sparking a legal dispute.

While many of the nations on the red and orange lists are new, some were targeted by Mr. Trump during his first term of visa restrictions.  Some are similar to the earlier lists in that they are typically poor, non-white, or Muslim-majority, and their governments are perceived as being weak or corrupt.

However, it was not immediately apparent why a number of others were selected.  For instance, a complete restriction on entrance was suggested for Bhutan.  The tiny Hindu and Buddhist nation is situated between China and India, none of which was on the lists that were suggested.

There is another problem with the plan to severely restrict, if not outright forbid, Russian tourists.  Trump is attempting to shift American foreign policy in a more pro-Russian direction, despite the Russian government's reputation for corruption.

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 Additionally, a draft "yellow" list of 22 nations is included in the plan. These countries have 60 days to address any shortcomings or risk being moved to one of the other lists.

The Supreme Court ultimately permitted the implementation of a travel ban that prohibited nationals of eight countries, six of which are primarily Muslim, after the courts blocked the administration's implementation of the first two iterations of the ban during Trump's first term.

 Trump's travel restrictions were revoked by Joe Biden shortly after he took office as president in January 2021, describing them as "a stain on our national conscience" and "inconsistent with our long history of welcoming people of all faiths."

 To safeguard American citizens "from aliens who intend to commit terrorist attacks, threaten our national security, espouse hate ideology, or otherwise exploit our immigration laws for malicious purposes," Trump announced in an executive order in January that he would enact restrictions.