Trump Issues Travel Ban

Trump Issues Travel Ban on 12 Countries, Restrictions on 7 More

President Trump issued a proclamation Wednesday restricting the entry of people from a dozen countries into the U.S., citing national security concerns.

Trump's order states that he has decided to "fully restrict and limit" entry from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

He is also partially restricted and limited entry of nationals from seven countries: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.

"These restrictions distinguish between, but apply to both, the entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants," the order states.

The order goes into effect Monday, per the proclamation. In a prepared statement, U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Haitian-American and a Democrat whose district serves part of Palm Beach County, called the move "baseless and harmful."  😆

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Why the hell is China, our biggest enemy, not on this list? I guess all these spies better get here before Monday. Rubio said in a statement that visa criteria would be revised to “enhance scrutiny” of all future visa applications from the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese territory of Hong Kong.

“Under President Trump’s leadership, the U.S. State Department will work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students.

And now we have two Chinese scientists doing research at the University of Michigan accused of smuggling harmful fungus into the US.