President Trump issues a series of travel banned which impact 19 countries.

President Donald Trump ordered a travel ban on June 4, barring residents of 12 countries, mostly in Africa and the Middle East, from entering the United States as a risk to national security. The ban takes effect on June 9.

Partial restrictions were imposed against citizens of seven other nations.

It was the first travel ban issued by Trump in his second presidential term. Trump ordered three travel bans against predominantly Muslim nations during his first administration. Those bans were contested in federal district and appeals courts.

The Supreme Court upheld Trump’s third travel ban in June 2018. Trump later expanded that ban by adding six nations in January 2020.

A review of the 12 nations banned on June 4 shows half have been targeted in previous bans. Here’s what USA TODAY found:

Which nations did Trump ban or restrict?

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Lower courts overturned the first two bans for apparent religious or racial motivations, before the Supreme Court upheld the third ban in 2018.

Then-President Joe Biden repealed the ban in 2021.

Which nations have been targeted in current and previous travel bans?

Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen have been specified in past travel bans. The ban on June 4 included Eritrea, which Trump included in his expanded list of targeted nations in 2020.

Afghanistan, Equatorial Guinea, Haiti, Myanmar, and the Republic of Congo have not been singled out in previous bans.

Countries subject to US travel restrictions on multiple occasions

Travel restrictions do not apply to those:

  • Possessing visas that have already been granted.
  • Lawful permanent residents.
  • Certain athletes.
  • Immediate family members of current visa holders.
  • Other classes of individuals for whom the administration granted exceptions.

The International Refugee Assistance Project, a group that sued Trump in 2017, criticized the new ban as arbitrary for making exceptions for athletes traveling to the U.S. 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," USA TODAY reported.

CONTRIBUTING Joey Garrison, Francesca Chambers, and Kinsey Crowley

SOURCE USA TODAY Network reporting and research; Reuters

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