The Trump administration will be expanding its ban on travel for citizens of certain countries to more than 30, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, in the latest restriction to come since a man from Afghanistan was accused of shooting two National Guard members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The expansion would build on a travel ban already announced in June by the Republican administration, which barred travel to the U.S. for citizens from 12 countries and restricted access to the U.S. for people from seven others. In a social media post earlier this week, Noem had suggested more countries would be included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Noem, who spoke late Thursday in an interview with Fox News Channel host Laura Ingraham, would not provide further details, saying President Donald Trump was considering which countries would be included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the wake of the National Guard shooting, the administration already ratcheted up restrictions on the 19 countries included in the initial travel ban, which include Afghanistan, Somalia, Iran and Haiti, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ingraham asked Noem whether the travel ban was expanding to 32 countries and asked which countries would be added to the 19 announced earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI won\u2019t be specific on the number, but it\u2019s over 30. And the president is continuing to evaluate countries,\u201d Noem said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf they don\u2019t have a stable government there, if they don\u2019t have a country that can sustain itself and tell us who those individuals are and help us vet them, why should we allow people from that country to come here to the United States?\u201d Noem said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to requests for comment about when an updated travel ban might go into effect and which countries would be included in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additions to the June travel ban are the latest in what has been a rapidly unfolding series of immigration actions since the shooting Thanksgiving week of two National Guard troops in Washington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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