Trump journey ban might increase to 30 nations – record coming ‘soon’

Foreign nationals from greater than two dozen nations might be barred from coming into the United States below an expanded journey ban being thought-about by President Trump. 

The Trump administration is focusing on no less than 30 nations to incorporate on an up to date journey ban record – however might add extra sooner or later, a supply confirmed to The Post. 

“We will be announcing the list soon,” a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson mentioned in an announcement. 

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem teased the “full travel ban” on Monday evening, indicating on X that she proposed increasing the variety of nations on the restricted record throughout a gathering with Trump. 

Noem advisable together with “every damn country that’s been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies” on the record. 

“Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom — not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS,” the DHS chief continued. “WE DON’T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.”

The suggestion is a part of the Trump administration’s huge crackdown on immigration following final week’s Thanksgiving eve assault on two West Virginia National Guard members in Washington, DC. 

The administration had beforehand introduced that it might halt all asylum selections and re-examine greater than 720,000 inexperienced card holders from 19 “countries of concern” after Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan nationwide, allegedly killed Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and critically injured Andrew Wolfe, 24, close to the White House. 

The State Department has additionally paused visa issuance for people touring on Afghan passports in response to the horrific assault. 

Lakanwal, a former member of a CIA-backed Afghan army unit that fought the Taliban, entered the US legally in 2021 below the Biden administration’s Operation Allies Welcome program, which evacuated and resettled refugees after the botched US withdrawal from the Middle Eastern nation. 

The alleged gunman was granted asylum in April, which made him eligible for a inexperienced card after 12 months.

US Citizenship and Immigration Services has reportedly halted naturalization ceremonies for people from a few of the 19 nations on the present journey ban record, which was unveiled by Trump over the summer time. 

At least some international nationals from Venezuela, Iran and Afghanistan had their US citizenship swearing-in ceremonies, initially scheduled to happen later this week, canceled within the wake of the National Guard capturing, in line with ABC News. 

“The Trump Administration is making every effort to ensure individuals becoming citizens are the best of the best. Citizenship is a privilege, not a right,” a DHS spokesperson informed The Post. “We will take no probabilities when the way forward for our nation is at stake. 

“The Trump Administration is reviewing all immigration benefits granted by the Biden administration to aliens from Countries of Concern.” 

In June, Trump signed the proclamation to “fully restrict and limit the entry of nationals” from 12 nations: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. 

The proclamation partially restricted international nationals from seven extra nations –   Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela – from coming into the US. 

Trump issued the 19-nation journey ban order shortly after an antisemitic firebombing assault in Colorado, which was allegedly carried out by an Egyptian nationwide within the US on an expired vacationer visa. 

At a White House Cabinet assembly Tuesday, the president took explicit situation with immigrants from a nation already on the journey ban record: Somalia. 

“Somalians ripped off [Minnesota] for billions of dollars,” Trump mentioned, referring to the fraud scandals which have plagued the North Star State in recent times. 

“They contribute nothing,” he mentioned of Somali immigrants, including, “I don’t want them in our country.”

Noem revealed throughout the assembly that on the president’s route she regarded into visa fraud in Minnesota and found, “50% of them are fraudulent.”

“We’re going to remove them and get our money back,” the DHS chief pledged, claiming that fraudulent visa holders signed up for presidency applications and made off with “hundreds of billions of dollars” in taxpayer-funded advantages. 

As a part of the Somali-specific crackdown, the Trump administration is reportedly launching an “intensive immigration enforcement operation” in Minneapolis and St. Paul, which is house to a considerable variety of migrants from the African nation, in line with the New York Times. 

The Trump administration had beforehand introduced that it had terminated short-term protected standing (deportation safety and work permits) for Somali migrants.