Donald Trump Expands Travel Ban, Restricts Visitors from 8 Countries

Washington, September 25:— The revised US travel ban will restrict travellers from eight countries to visit the United States, says an order signed by President Donald Trump on Sunday. The new travel ban, which takes effect on, October 18, will restrict residents of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen.

According to the U.S. officials, these countries have refused to share information about terrorism and other issues with the United States.The new travel ban drops Sudan from the list but adds Chad, Venezuela and North Korea to the original six Muslim-majority countries.

The announcement late Sunday came as Trump's previous temporary travel ban on visitors from six Muslim-majority countries was expiring, 90 days after it went into effect. The earlier order had barred citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the U.S. unless they had a "credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States."

US President Donald Trump's travel ban inflicts "Significant harm" on Muslim Americans

Reaction to the president's order from human-rights organizations and other groups that work with immigrants was largely negative.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said the latest version of the "Muslim ban" that Trump tried to introduce on taking office earlier this year as part of the administration's "ugly white supremacist agenda."

Trump said in the new proclamation: "As president, I must act to protect the security and interests of the United States and its people. The restrictions announced are tough and tailored, and they send a message to foreign governments that they must work with us to enhance security."

Trump last week called for a "tougher" travel ban after a bomb partially exploded on a London subway.Trump last week called for a "tougher" travel ban after a bomb partially exploded on a London subway.