Draft List for New Travel Ban Proposes Trump Target 43 Countries
“A draft circulating inside the administration lists three tiers of countries whose citizens may face restrictions on entering the United States.
Charlie Savage and Ken Bensinger
Charlie Savage reported from Washington and Ken Bensinger from Los Angeles.
The Trump administration is considering targeting the citizens of as many as 43 countries as part of a new ban on travel to the United States that would be broader than the restrictions imposed during President Trump’s first term, according to officials familiar with the matter.
A draft list of recommendations developed by diplomatic and security officials suggests a “red” list of 11 countries whose citizens would be flatly barred from entering the United States. They are Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen, the officials said.
Draft List of Proposed Travel Ban Countries
An internal Trump administration proposal lists the following countries whose citizens could face restrictions on entering the U.S. Some countries may change in any final order.
The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive internal deliberations, cautioned that the list had been developed by the State Department several weeks ago, and that changes were likely by the time it reached the White House.…”
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