Trump administration mulls expansion of travel ban to 36 more countries: memo
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People take part in a protest sponsored by the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) against US President Donald Trump's new sweeping travel ban, which went into effect as his administration intensifies its immigration crackdown, at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California, US, June 9, 2025. — Reuters
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According to a Reuters document, US President Donald Trump is allegedly considering a major extension of his travel ban policy, which, with a secret ban from the department, suggests that citizens of 36 additional countries may be banned from entering the United States.
Earlier this month, the Republican president signed an announcement that banned the entry of citizens from 12 countries, saying that the United States needed the move to protect “foreign terrorists” and other threats to national security.
The directive was part of the immigration crackdown that began this year at the beginning of its second term, including deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan’s L El Salvador, which is suspected to be a member of the group, as well as some foreign universities and some foreign students.
In an internal diplomatic cable signed by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Foreign Department presented a dozen concerns about the countries under the influence and sought reform.
“The department has identified the concerns of 36 countries, which can be recommended that if they can be recommended for a complete or partial suspension of admission, they do not meet the benchmarks and needs within 60 days.”
The cable was first reported by the Washington Post.
The cable said that some of the concerns raised by the State Department were a lack of capable or cooperative government by countries that are mentioned to produce reliable identity documents. Another country’s passport was “objectionable security”.
Some countries, the cable, said they were not cooperating with the United States to help remove their citizens, who were ordered to be removed. Some countries were promoting US visas that their citizens were being approved.
Other reasons for concern were that the country’s citizens were involved in terrorist acts in the United States, or anti -esteemic and anti -American activity.
The cable noted that all these concerns are not from every country.
“We are re -evaluating policies to ensure the safety of Americans and to comply with our laws,” said a senior state official.
“The Department of State is committed to protecting our nation and its citizens by maintaining the highest standards of national security and public security through our visa process,” the official said.
In the next 60 days, if they do not remove these concerns, they may face complete or partial restrictions: Angola, Antigua and Barboda, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verdi, Cambodia, Cameron, Kot Avir, Republic, Republic, Astio, Aitwat, Aitwat, Astio , Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Nigeria, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Sao Tom and Principal, Senegal, South Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tonga, Touvol, Uganda, Vanwatu, Zambia, and Zambia.
This will be an important extension of the ban, which is implemented earlier this month. The affected countries were Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo Republic, Equality Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
The entry of the people of seven other countries – Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela has also been partially banned.
During his first position, Trump announced a ban on passengers from seven Muslim -majority countries, a policy that went through several repetitions before maintaining it in 2018 by the Supreme Court.
