[UPDATE: TRUMP RELEASES VIDEO STATEMENT] – President Trump blocks visas to foreign nationals from nearly 20 nations

by The Right Scoop

It’s being reported tonight that President Trump signed a proclamation restricting the US from granting visas to foreign nationals from nearly 20 different nations.

Katie Pavlich has the news:

President Trump has signed a proclamation restricting foreign nationals from entering the U.S. from the following countries:

Afghanistan
Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Haiti
Iran
Libya
Somalia
Sudan
Yemen
Burundi
Cuba
Laos
Sierra Leone
Togo
Turkmenistan
Venezuela

 
She followed this up with another tweet giving more specifics:

Full suspensions:

Afghanistan
Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Haiti
Iran
Libya
Somalia
Sudan
Yemen

Partial suspensions:

Burundi
Cuba
Laos
Sierra Leone
Togo
Turkmenistan
Venezuela

Nearly every country on this list is a country I would have expected to see, and there are no surprises here. Good list.

 
UPDATE: President Trump just released a video statement explaining the ban:


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