Countries where President Donald Trump has issued a full or partial travel bans.

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on June 4 barring United States entry of foreign nationals from 12 countries entirely and seven countries partially, saying their citizens posed "national security risks."

The move comes after the Trump administration has worked aggressively to deport immigrants who are in the U.S. unlawfully, halted the government's refugee resettlement program, and last week announced plans to "aggressively" revoke visas of Chinese students.

In videotaped remarks from the Oval Office, Trump pointed to last weekend's fiery assault on pro-Jewish demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado. The suspect in the attack, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, is a native of Egypt who came to the U.S. on a tourist visa in late 2022 and stayed after the visa expired.

But Egypt is not one of the countries facing new restrictions. Which ones are?

What countries are on the travel ban list?

Foreign nationals from the following countries are restricted and limited from entering the country, per the proclamation:

  • Afghanistan
  • Burma
  • Chad
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Haiti
  • Iran
  • Libya
  • Somalia
  • Sudan
  • Yemen

The following countries are under a partial travel suspension:

  • Burundi
  • Cuba
  • Laos
  • Sierra Leone
  • Togo
  • Turkmenistan
  • Venezuela

Map: See what countries Trump included in travel ban

When does the ban go into effect?

The restrictions are scheduled to go into effect on June 9, though the policy is likely to be challenged in court.

Trump issued the proclamation on June 4.

What are the exceptions?

The restrictions do not apply to visas that have already been granted, lawful permanent residents, certain athletes, immediate family members of current visa holders, and other classes of individuals for whom the administration granted exceptions.

What happened to the travel ban in Trump's first administration?

The ban resembles similar actions Trump took during his first term to bar the entry of foreign nationals from several predominantly Muslim countries.

Trump initially attempted to suspend travel from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen and block travel from Syria entirely. The move prompted chaos at the airports, protests and legal action. The administration's bans were overturned repeatedly in the courts for apparent religious or racial motivations before a version of it was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2018.

Former President Joe Biden repealed Trump's ban in 2021, calling it "a stain on our national conscience."

Within hours of the new ban, the International Refugee Assistance Project, a group that sued Trump in 2017, slammed the ban as arbitrary for making exceptions for athletes traveling to the United States for sporting events such as the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup, "while closing the door to ordinary people who’ve gone through extensive legal processes to enter the United States."

(This story has been updated with new information.)

Contributing: Anthony Robledo, Richard Wolf, Josh Rivera, Zach Wichter, USA TODAY

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