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Trump administration reinstates and expands travel ban

The effort comes as the president has pursued a series of extraordinary measures to curtail both illegal and legal immigration.

June 4, 2025 at 8:26 p.m. EDT44 minutes ago

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President Donald Trump walks to Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn at the White House on Feb. 28 in Washington. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

By David Nakamura

Emily Davies

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Marianne LeVine

President Donald Trump on Wednesday restricted the entry of travelers to the United States from more than a dozen countries, resurrecting and expanding sweeping restrictions from his first term that are expected to draw swift legal challenges.

The presidential proclamation, slated to go into effect June 9, fully restricts the entry of individuals from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. It also partially restricts the entry of travelers from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.

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