{"id":2521856,"date":"2025-12-16T16:45:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-trump-travel-ban-adds-five-more-countries-to-growing-list\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T16:47:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:47:49","slug":"new-trump-travel-ban-adds-five-more-countries-to-growing-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-trump-travel-ban-adds-five-more-countries-to-growing-list\/","title":{"rendered":"New Trump travel ban adds five more countries to growing list"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-trump-travel-ban-adds-five-more-countries-to-growing-list%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2521856&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Trump governance announced an expansion of its travel ban, adding five more countries from the Middle East and Africa to the list of nations subject to new restrictions. president Donald Trump signed a proclamation aimed at strengthening U.S. national security by imposing &#8220;data-driven restrictions&#8221; on countries with significant deficiencies in screening and vetting their citizens. The updated restrictions maintain bans on 12 countries imposed earlier and add Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria. Additionally, people holding travel documents from the Palestinian Authority are now barred from entering the U.S. fifteen other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >countries face partial travel bans due<\/a> to issues like corruption and unreliable civil documents. This move follows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leaked-audio-bidens-dhs-secretary-admits-border-is-worse-now-than-in-at-least-20-years-if-not-ever\/\" title=\"Leaked Audio: Biden\u2019s DHS Secretary Admits Border Is \u2018Worse Now\u2019 Than \u2018In At Least 20 Years, If Not Ever\u2019\">security concerns raised<\/a> after a National Guard member was shot in Washington, D.C., by an Afghan asylum seeker, intensifying debates over immigration screening processes. homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem advised Trump to implement a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-wild-card-game-bumped-to-monday-as-blizzard-bears-down-on-new-york\/\" title=\"NFL Wild Card Game Moved to Monday Due to Approaching Blizzard in New York\">full travel ban<\/a> on countries perceived to be sending criminals to the U.S. trump also expressed intentions to pause immigration from certain &#8220;third-world countries.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">New Trump travel ban targets countries in Middle East and Africa<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2446919\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Trump administration expanded its travel ban to include an additional five countries, as well as new limitations on existing nations, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\">White House<\/a> officials announced Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> signed a proclamation to strengthen the nation&rsquo;s borders and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-security\">national security<\/a> with &ldquo;data-driven restrictions&rdquo; against countries that have &ldquo;severe deficiencies&rdquo; in screening and vetting their citizens.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3919102\/latin-america-allies-trump-support-anti-drug-operation-southern-spear\/\">Latin American allies lend Trump support in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-us-navys-littoral-combat-ship-destined-for-death-or-donation\/\" title=\"The US Navy\u2019s Littoral Combat Ship: Destined for Death or Donation?\">anti-drug operations<\/a> in Caribbean<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3914938\/mark-rutte-nato-speech-europe-russia-next-target\/\">NATO chief says Europe is &#8216;Russia&#8217;s next target&#8217; and continent must be prepared for world war<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3914956\/ukraine-steps-up-sea-drone-attacks-russia-shadow-fleet\/\">Ukraine steps up sea drone attacks on Russia&#8217;s &#8216;shadow fleet&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The restrictions and limitations imposed by the Proclamation are necessary to prevent the entry of foreign nationals about whom the United States lacks sufficient information to assess the risks they pose, garner cooperation from foreign governments, enforce our immigration laws, and advance other important foreign policy, national security, and counterterrorism objectives,&rdquo; the White House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2025\/12\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-further-restricts-and-limits-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states\/\">proclamation<\/a> reads.<\/p>\n<p>Restrictions first imposed in June against 12 countries will remain in place. Those countries are Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s latest proclamation added Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria to the list. In addition, the Trump administration barred people with Palestinian Authority-issued travel documents from entering the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Another 15 countries are also facing partial travel bans, including Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, C&ocirc;te d&rsquo;Ivoire, Dominica, Gabon, Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>White House officials cited &ldquo;widespread corruption, fraudulent or unreliable civil documents and criminal records&rdquo; as the basis for expanding the ban.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes eight years after Trump first <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/817439\/trumps-wed-agenda-muslim-immigration-at-dhs-flashbulbs-tornadoes\/\">imposed<\/a> a travel ban on seven countries in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>It also comes several weeks after two National Guard members were shot blocks from the White House while on assignment as part of the president&rsquo;s anti-crime initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was arrested and identified as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3902614\/dc-national-guard-shooting-what-to-know\/\">Rahmanullah Lakanwal<\/a>, a citizen of Afghanistan who worked with the CIA during the war and was airlifted out of Kabul by U.S. forces in 2021. He applied for asylum once in the U.S. and was approved for it in April, stirring up new concerns about how he was vetted and when he was radicalized to carry out an attack.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3903122\/suspected-national-guard-shooter-reveal-deeper-problems-asylum-seeker-vetting\/\"><strong>SUSPECTED NATIONAL GUARD SHOOTER REVEALS DEEPER PROBLEMS WITH VETTING OF ASYLUM SEEKERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following the attack, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3903744\/kristi-noem-advises-trump-impose-travel-ban\">advised<\/a> Trump to implement a &ldquo;full travel ban&rdquo; from countries that are &ldquo;flooding&rdquo; the U.S. with &ldquo;criminals&rdquo; after the National Guard attack.<\/p>\n<p>On Thanksgiving Day, Trump posted on social media that he planned to &ldquo;permanently pause&rdquo; immigration from &ldquo;third-world countries.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump expands travel ban to more Middle East, African nations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2521859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/a61f5b5906885459b95330f64a962bc9-e1765916837442.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3813,44845,3634],"class_list":["post-2521856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-immigration","tag-travel-ban","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/a61f5b5906885459b95330f64a962bc9-e1765916837442.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2521856"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2521860,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521856\/revisions\/2521860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2521859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2521856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2521856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2521856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}