{"id":438,"date":"2025-06-06T16:56:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T16:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/?p=438"},"modified":"2025-06-06T16:56:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T16:56:38","slug":"trump-signs-sweeping-travel-ban-blocking-entry-from-12-nations-citing-security-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/?p=438","title":{"rendered":"Trump Signs Sweeping Travel Ban Blocking Entry From 12 Nations, Citing Security Risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has announced a new travel ban effective June 9, restricting entry to the U.S. for citizens of 19 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Yemen, and others. Immigrant visas and some non-immigrant travel options will also be limited for citizens from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, and several other nations.<\/p>\n<p>Following a terror attack in Colorado involving an Egyptian national who overstayed his visa, Trump warned Egypt might soon be added to the banned list. He has ordered national security officials to review Egypt\u2019s vetting and screening procedures.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>Trump emphasized the importance of strong vetting to prevent terrorists and visa overstayers from entering the country, criticizing the Biden administration\u2019s open-door policies. He praised his previous travel restrictions, upheld by the Supreme Court, which targeted countries with poor security cooperation or high visa overstay rates.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trump announces travel ban on people from 12 countries\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-63YdZzdlWo?feature=oembed\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The banned countries were chosen due to inadequate security data sharing, high overstay rates, or being linked to terrorism. For example, Iran is labeled a state sponsor of terrorism, Somalia is a terrorist safe haven, and Haiti has high visa overstay rates.<\/p>\n<p>Officials involved in the decision include Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and others. The ban also limits visa validity and restricts immigration visa applications from these countries. However, athletes and essential personnel traveling for major sporting events like the Olympics are exempt from the restrictions. Trump stated the list may be updated depending on countries\u2019 improvements or new security threats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has announced a new travel ban effective June 9, restricting entry to the U.S. for citizens of 19 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Yemen, and others. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions\/439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}