Trump travel ban bars entry from Iran, Libya, Sudan, Yemen
The president during his first term issued a number of travel bans largely aimed at Middle Eastern countries, and the new one targets countries the administration says have insufficient vetting procedures and internal security risks.
US President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Wednesday evening prohibiting nationals of 12 countries, including several in the Middle East and North Africa, from entering the United States.
What happened: The White House said the proclamation "fully restricts and limits the entry of nationals" from Iran, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, and Haiti.
"I directed the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence, to identify countries throughout the world for which vetting and screening information is so deficient as to warrant a full or partial suspension on the admission of nationals from those countries," Trump wrote in the proclamation.
The Trump administration released the following reasons for banning nationals of Iran, Yemen, Libya and Sudan.
