Donald Trump prohibits citizens from twelve countries in the USA

US President Donald Trump has prohibited citizens from twelve countries to enter the United States. With the signing of the entry ban, the President protects the US citizens from “foreign terrorists”, it said in the document published on Wednesday by the White House. The entry ban will come into force from June 9th and affects nationals from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

He also decided to partially limit the entry of nationals from seven other countries. Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela are affected by this.

The step was taken against the background of the brutal attack on Jewish demonstrators on Jewish demonstrators in the state of Colorado with twelve injured. “The latest terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, underlined the extreme dangers that threaten our country by entering foreigners that have not been properly checked,” said Trump in a video message. Many of the countries would also have exploited the United States, in which they would not have withdrawn nationals.

The alleged perpetrator Mohamed Sabry Soliman in the city of Boulder in the city of Boulder northwest of fire sets thrown on fire rates to people who took to the release of Israeli hostages from the violence of Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Soliman is a 45-year-old Egyptian citizen, whose US visa had expired for more than two years, according to the White House, he was “illegal” in the United States.

In his first term (2017–2021), Trump had issued the controversial “Muslim Ban”. At that time he prohibited entry for refugees and citizens from several mostly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Iraq was later deleted by the list.

The original ban on entry was implemented without warning and led to chaos at airports worldwide. People with valid residence permits were initially held or sent back. After massive protests and legal disputes, the Trump government revised the rules.

In June 2018, the Supreme Court confirmed a final version that also included countries such as North Korea. The admission of some Muslim countries that were not majority served the Trump government to invalidate the accusation of religious discrimination. Despite the strict guidelines, some people were allowed to continue entering the United States – such as diplomats.

Trump’s successor, the Democrat Joe Biden, picked up the decree in January 2021, only hours after his inauguration.