Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to expand a travel ban on entering the United States to people from more than 30 countries.
The news comes as the White House paused all immigration applications from 19 countries and cancelled citizenship ceremonies across the US, citing national security concerns.
But he is now set to add 11 more following one of the most sweeping travel bans in history. Nationals of Afghanistan, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen are already going to be barred from entering the United States under the new rules, which came into effect on June 9.
The proclamation also partially restricted foreign nationals from seven additional countries – Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela – from entering the US.
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The bans were the latest in a series of anti-immigration moves introduced by Trump, which also include a block on people coming over the southern border to claim asylum and instructing heavily armed ICE immigration officers to make raids across the country.
Trump is yet to officially comment, but Secretary of State Kristi Noem teased the extended “full travel ban”, indicating on social media that she proposed expanding the number of countries on the restricted list during a meeting with the President.
Noem recommended including “every damn country that’s been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies” on the list.
“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.”
Trump previously attacked former president Joe Biden for letting unvetted migrants arrive in America.
In his first term, Trump was explicit about his desire to ban citizens from countries where Islam is the primary religion. At that time, he ordered a travel ban against people from seven Muslim-majority countries from coming to the US.
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