Trump Admin Considering Banning Travel From Dozens of Countries: Memo

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The White House says no decision has been made yet.

President Donald Trumpโ€™s administration has been weighing a travel ban on citizens from dozens of countries, according to an internal memorandum.

The memo, which was viewed by Reuters, lists 41 countries, divided into three groups.

One group, which includes Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Cuba, and North Korea, would be set for a full visa suspension.

The five countries in the second groupโ€”Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, Myanmar, and South Sudanโ€”would face partial suspensions that would impact tourist and student visas as well as other immigrant visas, with some exceptions.

The third group of 26 countries, including Belarus and Pakistan, would be considered for a partial suspension of U.S. visa issuance if their governments โ€œdo not make efforts to address deficiencies within 60 days,โ€ the memo said.

A White House official did not deny that the new travel restrictions are being considered. The official told The Epoch Times in an email that no decision has been made yet.

The State Department did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.

In his first term, Trump imposed travel restrictions on citizens of eight countries due to security concerns.

Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, a president can โ€œsuspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliensโ€ whenever he โ€œfinds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States.โ€

Hawaii officials sued over the restrictions, arguing they went beyond those allowed by the act.

Courts blocked the order before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 found that the president was able to limit admissions from the countries.

โ€œBy its plain language, [the act] grants the President broad discretion to suspend the entry of aliens into the United States,โ€ Justice John Roberts wrote at the time. โ€œThe President lawfully exercised that discretion based on his findingsโ€”following a worldwide, multi-agency reviewโ€”that entry of the covered aliens would be detrimental to the national interest.โ€

Byย Zachary Stieber

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