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S.I. leader fears Trump travel ban will thwart her charity’s mission
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Elissa Montanti wakes up every morning with a nagging sense of fear. With President Donald Trump’s travel ban on 12 countries, Montanti is afraid her organization, the Global Medical Relief Fund, will not be able to help all...

Trump Reinstates Travel Ban for Citizens from 12 Countries. Moldova is Not Included
U.S. President Donald Trump has reinstated a travel ban targeting citizens from 12 countries deemed by the White House as posing a “high-level threat to U.S. national security.” Moldova is not among the targeted states. According to an...

Trump’s new travel ban is rife with contradictions
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that his new travel ban against a dozen mostly African and Middle Eastern countries “can’t come soon enough.” He argued the ban would help prevent terrorist attacks and keep out those who overstay...

World Reacts to Trump’s Latest Controversial Travel Ban
Rabat – Countries across the world have strongly reacted to President Trump’s latest controversial travel ban, pointing to its severe and unwelcome international consequences. Nationals from twelve countries – including Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad,...
Newest Trump travel ban leads to confusion among Somalis in Columbus
The Trump administration issued a travel ban affecting 12 countries, including Somalia, citing vetting concerns and visa overstays. The ban impacts the large Somali community in Columbus, Ohio, leaving many confused and feeling targeted. Somali...

U.S. Targets 12 Nations in New Travel Restrictions
Update: See South Africa’s Response Below A new executive order signed by the Trump administration will place sweeping travel restrictions on citizens of 12 countries, predominantly in the Middle East and Africa, beginning Monday, June 9, 2025....

President Donald Trump Brings Back Travel Ban, Names 12 Countries
President Donald Trump unveiled a controversial travel ban against a small number of countries with majority Muslim populations, and revived the policy this week. On Wednesday (June 4), President Trump signed a proclamation that slapped a new...

Trump reveals why Egypt was excluded from travel ban
U.S. President Donald Trump revealed onThursday, the reason he did not impose a travel ban on citizens of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United States. During a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House in...

Trump signs travel ban on citizens from 12 nations
US President Donald Trump gestures during a "Summer Soiree" held on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, June 4, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] LOS ANGELES — US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation to ban travel from certain...

Somalis call Trump's travel ban discriminatory
Somalis in Kenya expressed disappointment at a new US policy banning travel from the east African country. Somalia is among seven African countries whose nationals are prohibited from traveling to the US effective Monday June, 9. The others are...

Trump connected his travel ban to the Boulder attack. Some Jews object.
When President Donald Trump announced a plan to bar citizens from 12 countries late Wednesday, he started by noting a recent attack on the Jewish community that was allegedly committed by an Egyptian man who had overstayed his tourist visa. The...

New US travel ban will harm The United Methodist Church
President Donald Trump’s announced travel ban will harm members of The United Methodist Church and its far-flung ministries significantly if allowed to stand. According to the newsletter 1440: “Countries whose foreign nationals will be banned are...

Tehran slams US racist travel ban targeting Iranians
In a statement on Saturday, Alireza Hashemi Raja, the director general for Iranian expatriates at Iran’s Foreign Ministry, described the move as clear evidence of the dominance of a “supremacist and racist” mindset among American policy-makers....

New U.S. travel ban is 'cruel,' Myanmar community association says
TORONTO — The head of an association for the Myanmar community in Ontario says a new travel ban announced by U.S. President Donald Trump is "cruel" to the people of his country. TORONTO — The head of an association for the Myanmar community in...

Trump Administration Issues New Travel Ban
On June 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued a proclamation instituting a partial or full travel ban on 19 countries. This comes on the heels of Executive Order 14161 of January 20, 2025: Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists...

Africa expresses concern as Trump slaps new travel ban on 12 countries
African authorities and citizens expressed shock and dismay on Thursday over the abrupt decision by the Trump administration to impose travel bans on people from a string of countries on the continent. African nations made up seven of the 12...

World | Jun 06, 2025 | 5 min read Trump imposes travel ban on 12 countries
News World #Washington: President Donald Trump is resurrecting the travel ban policy from his first term, signing a proclamation Wednesday night preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States. The countries include...

Countries around the world react with concern to Trump's new travel ban For many, the move seemed like a return to 2017 and one of the most controversial policies of President Trump's first term. Read more »
Countries across the world were in shock Thursday after President Donald Trump announced a travel ban on nationals from a dozen countries and the cancellation of visa programs for seven more. For many, the move seemed like a return to 2017 and one...
Trump's new travel ban leaves many distressed in South Florida's immigrant communities
Haitian and Venezuelan community leaders condemned President Donald Trump’s newly announced travel ban policy that will impact hundreds of thousands of South Florida families with ties to both countries. Trump, in a video message released...

Trump’s newest travel ban echoes the 2017 ‘Muslim ban.’ But this time, things feel different.
The new travel ban prohibits citizens of 12 countries from entering the United States, and those from seven others would face certain visa restrictions. It does make exceptions for some groups of people, such as green card holders or athletes...