Category: Politics

On Tuesday, Donald Trump revealed that he is currently planning to expand the highly controversial travel ban he put in place at the start of his term. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal he declined to name the specific countries that will be added, but an official announcement could be given as soon as Monday.
Although the list of countries is not yet final and could be changed, two people close to the matter say Belarus, Myanmar (also known as Burma), Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania are among those to be potentially added.
If enforced, the Trump administration would place immigration restrictions on the listed countries, but would not necessarily completely ban all their citizens from entering the US. The restrictions could also apply only to certain government officials, certain types of visas, or in the case of certain instances.
On Jan. 27, 2017, just a week into his tenure, Trump signed the original travel ban. Initially, the order denied visas to citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries, though it was later modified as it went through a series of court challenges. Chad was removed from the finalized list, however, it restricts entry of some citizens from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, Venezuela and North Korea.

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