Trump expands countries with US travel restrictions

Roll Call - President Donald Trump added 20 countries to those facing either full or partial travel restrictions Tuesday, in a proclamation that says the U.S. must exercise “extreme vigilance” during the visa and immigration processes for national security.

The proclamation issued Tuesday added five countries and the Palestinian authority to the original 12 countries with full restrictions and entry limitations Trump put in place in June. Those newly added countries are Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria.

It also imposes full restrictions on Laos and Sierra Leone, which previously had partial restrictions.

The proclamation adds 15 countries to five of the original countries with partial restrictions. The added countries are Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Dominica, Gabon, The Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

In all, the order expands the number countries from 19 to 39. The new bans are set to take effect Jan. 1 and apply only to foreign nationals outside who do not have a valid visa on the effective date of the proclamation.  More