Trump Expands Travel Ban To Include Palestinians And Others Amid Wave Of Global Terror Attacks

President Donald Trump expanded his travel ban to include five additional countries following a wave of terror attacks across the globe.

Trump applied travel restrictions to 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 in June.

He expanded the ban Tuesday to include Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria, according to the White House. Travelers with documents from the Palestinian authority will also be banned from entry.

“The United States must exercise extreme vigilance during the visa-issuance and immigration processes to identify, prior to their admission or entry into the United States, foreign nationals who intend to harm Americans or our national interests,” the president’s proclamation states.

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