President Donald Trump issued a new travel ban on Wednesday night. It will bar people from 12 countries from entering the country, while partially restricting those from seven others.

The order, expected to go into effect next week, will fully ban individuals from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. The countries that will have their travel limited are Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.

The ban contains certain exemptions for visa holders, lawful permanent residents and others.

After a series of legal challenges, Trump implemented a similar travel ban during his first term in office. Planning for a new ban had reportedly been underway since the start of the sec

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