The Trump administration will expand its travel ban to around 30 countries after an Afghan man shot two National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., last week, according to multiple outlets, closing borders to more countries following President Donald Trump’s promise to “permanently pause migration” from all “third world countries.”
Key data
The travel ban is expected to affect 30 countries, Bloomberg reported, although the final count of countries with travel bans could be as high as 32, according to CNN, which cited an anonymous source familiar with the matter.
Travel bans have already been imposed on 12 countries from the United States, while another seven countries have partial restrictions.
It’s unclear which exact countries will join the expanded travel ban, although the Trump administration is expected to release a list “soon,” according to Bloomberg.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a social media post Monday that she was “recommending a complete travel ban to all the damn countries that have been flooding our nation with murderers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.”
The push to impose new travel bans comes as one of the National Guard members shot, Andrew Wolfe, remains in critical condition following the shooting, while the other soldier, Sarah Beckstrom, died from her wounds on Thursday.
What travel bans are currently active?
Over the summer, total travel bans were imposed on Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Partial travel restrictions affect Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.
This article was originally published by Forbes US
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