The Trump administration is considering expanding its travel ban — which currently restricts or bars the entry of nationals from 19 countries — to around 30 nations in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C., last week, multiple U.S. officials told CBS News on Tuesday.

The plans are preliminary and the number of countries added to the list could change, said the officials, who requested anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

After a meeting with President Trump on Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on X she had urged him to impose "a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies."

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