Trump's New Travel Ban: Exceptions and Controversies
President Trump's updated travel ban affects 12 countries but includes exceptions to prevent legal challenges, with current visas remaining intact for affected individuals.
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Overview
- President Trump has implemented a travel ban affecting 12 countries, primarily in Africa and the Middle East, with exceptions to avoid legal disputes.
- The State Department has directed embassies not to revoke existing visas for individuals from the banned countries, ensuring current visa holders are unaffected.
- Visa applicants from the affected countries with pending applications will be denied, as per the new guidelines from the State Department.
- Exceptions to the travel ban include specific countries like Afghanistan, aimed at preventing legal challenges and ensuring smoother implementation.
- Critics argue that the travel ban has racial undertones, echoing concerns from the initial 2017 ban, which was perceived as targeting Muslim-majority nations.
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Emphasizes a travel ban affecting individuals from 12 countries, with exceptions for existing visas.
"The new proclamation, which Trump signed on Wednesday, appears designed to beat any court challenge by focusing on the visa application process."
Chicago Tribune"The new travel ban on citizens of 12 countries that restricted access to people from seven others includes some exceptions, part of the administration’s efforts to withstand the legal challenges that a similar policy known as the 'Muslim ban' faced during Donald Trump’s first administration."
Associated Press"The State Department instructed U.S. embassies and consulates on Friday not to revoke visas previously issued to people from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries now under President Donald Trump’s new travel ban."
ABC News"The new proclamation, which Trump signed on Wednesday, appears designed to beat any court challenge by focusing on the visa application process."
Associated Press"Chicago immigration advocates and politicians condemned a looming Trump administration travel ban that would bar or restrict travelers from 19 countries."
Chicago Tribune"The overall message from the Trump administration is that immigrants are not welcome here."
Chicago Tribune"The travel ban has further darkened that mood and led Iranians to fear Trump will lump the nations' 80 million people alongside of its theocratic government."
ABC News"The travel ban has further darkened that mood and led Iranians to fear Trump will lump the nation’s 80 million people with its theocratic government even after he repeatedly praised them while seeking a deal."
Associated Press"The federal judge's ruling is a significant win for educational access and diversity at Harvard University."
Fortune"The booming international enrollment has left colleges vulnerable to a new line of attack from President Donald Trump."
ABC News"Trump's proclamation, issued Wednesday, was the latest attempt by his administration to prevent the nation's oldest and wealthiest college from enrolling a quarter of its students, who accounts for much of Harvard's research and scholarship."
NPR"If Trump’s measure were to survive this court challenge, it would block thousands of students who are scheduled to come to Harvard’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the summer and fall terms."
Associated Press"A US judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a ban the president ordered barring Harvard University from accepting international students."
BBC News"Trump’s proclamation cited security and terrorism risks as the reason behind some of the restrictions, and it specifically accused visitors from several of the countries of staying past their visas’ expiration dates."
NBC News"Lawyers for Harvard refiled a lawsuit on Thursday afternoon to block the new proclamation, arguing it violates the First Amendment and misuses the federal law Trump used to justify the move."
ABC News"Harvard argues the administration is retaliating against it for refusing to accede to demands to control the school's governance, curriculum, and the ideology of its faculty and students."
USA TODAY"The President's actions thus are not undertaken to protect the 'interests of the United States,' but instead to pursue a government vendetta against Harvard."
CBS News"Harvard's amended complaint argues that the immigration law Trump's proclamation cites allows the president to prohibit 'a class of aliens whose entry would be 'detrimental to the interests of the United States' — and that Trump's proclamation does not suspend entry for a class, just people who want to attend Harvard."
NBC News"The travel ban, for example, comes just as the neighboring Dominican Republic has enacted a mass deportation program of Haitians, so this new policy, says Accilien, feels especially cruel."
NPR"Shadi, who has dual citizenship in the U.S. and Iran, said the ban will also make it harder for people like herself to travel to the countries listed in the order, saying anyone could be treated as being dangerous."
Chicago Sun-Times"Travelers from 12 countries will be barred from entering the US, and people from an additional seven countries will face partial travel restrictions."
NPR"Anger and condemnation broke out as families, attorneys and immigrant advocates absorbed the blast from the latest bombshell delivered by the Trump immigration — a travel ban that stops or restricts people from 19 mostly African, Asian and Caribbean countries from entering the U.S."
NBC News"Afghan allies who helped the U.S. military during the Afghanistan War, as well as relatives of U.S. service members, are currently stranded in Afghanistan and fear for their lives due to Taliban retaliation."
Military Times"Many Afghans seeking SIVs and refugee status say they fear for their safety under Taliban rule in the country."
NPR"Chad has no planes to offer, no billions of dollars to give but Chad has his dignity and pride."
Associated Press"The university called Trump's latest action banning entry into the country to attend Harvard 'yet another illegal retaliatory step taken by the Administration in violation of Harvard’s First Amendment rights.'"
ABC News"Yet, the travel ban that Trump unveiled days later did not include Egypt, raising questions about the timing and purpose of the ban, which the president's critics say unfairly targets African and Muslim-majority nations."
USA TODAY"The booming international enrollment has left colleges vulnerable to a new line of attack from President Donald Trump."
Associated Press"The International Refugee Assistance Project criticized the new ban as arbitrary for making exceptions for athletes traveling to the U.S. for sporting events."
USA TODAY"The proclamation, with some exemptions, bans the entry of foreigners seeking to come to the U.S. permanently as legal immigrants, as well as those with temporary visas — including tourists — from these 12 countries."
CBS News"Experts are warning that the ban could also have a significant economic impact as well."
USA TODAY"Yet there is significant uncertainty regarding visa policies for foreign visitors planning trips to the U.S. for the two biggest events in sports."
Chicago Tribune"The timing of the order raised eyebrows."
USA TODAY"The proclamation bans the entry of foreigners from 12 countries who are seeking to come to the U.S. permanently as legal immigrants, as well as those with temporary visas, including tourists."
CBS News"Yet there is significant uncertainty regarding visa policies for foreign visitors planning trips to the U.S. for the two biggest events in sports."
Associated Press"Legal experts told the BBC that it appeared Trump had learned lessons from his first attempt."
BBC News"Citizens of the following 12 countries will be blocked from entering the United States: Afghanistan, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, the Republic of Congo, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen."
NBC News"The new order affects a patchwork of 19 countries — some of them banned for the first time, for reasons that the administration said include high rates of visa overstays, lack of "appropriate screening and vetting measures" and allegedly being sponsors of terrorism."
NBC News"Across Africa, there was already a sense of confusion and sadness over the relentless aid and trade cuts brought by the Trump administration, and the travel bans have only exacerbated that feeling."
CBS News"The travel ban results from a Jan. 20 executive order Trump issued requiring the departments of State and Homeland Security and the director of national intelligence to compile a report on 'hostile attitudes' toward the U.S."
ABC News"The travel ban results from a Jan. 20 executive order Trump issued requiring the departments of State and Homeland Security and the director of national intelligence to compile a report on 'hostile attitudes' toward the U.S."
Associated Press"International aid groups and refugee resettlement organizations roundly condemned the new ban."
Associated Press"President Trump has shattered hopes."
Associated Press"Nationals from a dozen countries will be barred from entering the U.S. from Monday under a proclamation signed yesterday by President Donald Trump, who framed the decision as necessary to bolster national security and combat terrorism."
NBC News"The travel ban fulfills a promise Trump made during his 2024 election campaign and is likely to draw swift legal challenges."
BBC News"A travel ban issued on Wednesday by US President Donald Trump is set to primarily affect countries in Africa and the Middle East."
BBC News"Human rights groups have also criticised the ban."
BBC News"While U.K. universities may see short-term gains in international student recruitment, many academics are concerned about the broader implications for global research collaboration."
NPR"Trump's move to block nearly all foreign students from entering the country to attend Harvard raises significant concerns about the future of education and diversity at the institution."
Fortune"The dispute has been building for months after the Trump administration demanded a series of policy and governance changes at Harvard, calling it a hotbed of liberalism and accusing it of tolerating anti-Jewish harassment."
ABC News"International students have found themselves at the center of an escalating campaign to kick them out or keep them from coming as his administration merges a crackdown on immigration with an effort to reshape higher education."
ABC News"Today's gargantuan travel ban, based on little or no justification, reflects that understanding."
Reason"Trump's proclamation once again throws the futures of thousands of international students into limbo."
BBC News"The entry of people from seven other countries: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela, will be partially restricted."
USA TODAY"The order claimed Harvard "is no longer a trustworthy steward of international student and exchange visitor programs," accusing the school of failing to report students' disciplinary records to the federal government and criticizing it for ties to researchers based in China."
CBS News"The administration previously sought to limit Harvard's ability to enroll foreign students by revoking its certification in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, Harvard said."
NBC News"The announcement of the ban follows an attack Sunday in Boulder, Colorado, on marchers raising attention for Israelis taken hostage by Hamas."
CBS News"The ban prohibits travel into the U.S. for foreign nationals from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen."
USA TODAY"But now it seems that was only temporary."
NPR"Trump's order applies to new students who would be arriving to study at Harvard, and asks Secretary of State Marco Rubio to consider whether to also revoke the visas of current international students."
USA TODAY"It’s a further escalation in the White House’s fight with the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university."
Associated Press"President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Wednesday that bans nationals from a dozen countries, including Afghanistan, Haiti and the Republic of Congo, from entering the United States, framing the travel ban as necessary to fortify national security and building upon one of the most contentious policies of his first term."
NBC News"The ban prohibits entry into the U.S. of foreign nationals from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen."
USA TODAY"President Donald Trump revives travel ban, barring entry from Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iran, Sudan, Yemen and 7 other countries."
Fortune"President Donald Trump is resurrecting the travel ban policy from his first term, signing a proclamation Wednesday night preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States."
Chicago Sun-Times"Trump announces full travel ban on people from 12 countries, partial restriction on 7 countries to go into effect Monday."
ABC News"The inclusion of Afghanistan angered some supporters who have worked to resettle its people."
Associated Press"Trump has accused China of violating a deal negotiated by top officials in Geneva last month to roll back high tariff rates for 90 days."
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President Trump cited concerns about national security, inadequate vetting processes in the affected countries, and lack of cooperation on deportations as the reasons for implementing the travel ban.
The countries fully banned from entering the U.S. are Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.
Exceptions include lawful permanent residents, existing visa holders, certain visa categories, and individuals whose entry serves U.S. national interests. Current visas remain intact for affected individuals.
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