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US President Donald Trump has expanded travel restrictions to 19 countries, adding Syria and six others under a new security-focused proclamation, while also imposing partial limits on several "high-risk" nations and tightening rules on Palestinian Authority travel documents.
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump has signed a fresh proclamation widening restrictions on the entry of foreign nationals, expanding the list of affected countries from 12 to 19. The decision, announced by the White House on Tuesday, was described as a move aimed at strengthening national security.
Seven new countries added
Seven new countries have been brought under the restrictions: Syria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, Laos and Sierra Leone.
According to the White House, Syria was added following a deadly ISIS ambush in which two US soldiers and an American civilian interpreter were killed. The victims, identified as Brian Torres-Tovar and William Nathaniel Howard, were the first US troops to be killed in Syria since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2024.
Existing bans
With the latest additions, nationals from 19 countries are now barred from entering the United States. The earlier list included Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
In a separate move, the Trump administration has imposed full entry restrictions on individuals travelling on Palestinian Authority-issued documents.
Partial restrictions and removals
The proclamation also outlines partial entry restrictions for citizens of several countries identified as "high-risk”. These include Burundi, Cuba, Togo, Venezuela, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominica, Gabon, The Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Meanwhile, Turkmenistan has been taken off the list following what the administration described as "productive engagements” with Washington. However, while non-immigrant visa waivers have been granted, Turkmen nationals continue to face a ban on immigrant visas to the United States.