Trump expands travel ban, adding 5 more countries and imposing new limits on others

WASHINGTON AP The Trump administration is expanding its passage ban to include five more countries and impose new limits on others This move Tuesday is part of ongoing efforts to tighten U S entry standards for progress and immigration The decision follows the arrest of an Afghan national suspect in the shooting of two National Guard troops over Thanksgiving weekend In June President Donald Trump disclosed that citizens of countries would be banned from visiting the United States and those from seven others would face restrictions The decision resurrected a hallmark framework of his first term At the time the ban included Afghanistan Myanmar Chad the Republic of Congo Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Haiti Iran Libya Somalia Sudan and Yemen and heightened restrictions on visitors from Burundi Cuba Laos Sierra Leone Togo Turkmenistan and Venezuela On Tuesday the Republican administration broadcasted it was expanding the list of countries whose citizens are banned from entering the U S to Burkina Faso Mali Niger South Sudan and Syria The administration also fully restricted tour on people with Palestinian-Authority-issued journey documents Source