United States President Donald Trump‘s administration is mulling a new travel ban on Somalia dozens of other countries.
The US government’s draft list includes a “red” list of 11 countries whose citizens would be completely barred from entering the United States.
These countries are Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen, officials said.
The second group includes Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, Myanmar, and South Sudan, facing partial suspensions on tourist, student, and some immigrant visas.
The third group of 26 countries, including Belarus, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan, risks a partial suspension if they fail to address security concerns.
A US official told Reuters the list could change and still needs approval from the administration, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Trump issued an executive order on January 20 for stricter security vetting of foreigners entering the US to detect threats.
The order instructed cabinet members to list countries by March 21 for partial or full travel suspensions due to poor screening.
Trump’s directive is part of an immigration crackdown he began in his second term to restrict travel from certain countries.
In October 2023, he vowed to limit entry from Gaza, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, and other security-risk nations.
The new travel ban proposal resembles Trump’s first-term ban on seven Muslim-majority countries, upheld by the Supreme Court in 2018.
