BREAKING NEWS — DEVELOPING STORY – Tonight, President Trump issued a proclamation, Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats, pursuant to Executive Order 14161, Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats, issued by President Trump on January 20, 2025.
The EO directed the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence, to identify countries throughout the world for which vetting and screening information is so deficient as to warrant a full or partial suspension on the admission of nationals from those countries.
As announced on June 4, 2025:
- With effect from June 9, 2025, the entry of nationals from 12 countries is fully restricted and limited: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. These restrictions apply to the entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants.
- With effect from June 9, 2025, the entry of nationals from 7 countries is partially restricted and limited: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela. These restrictions apply to the entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants.
Implementation of the Suspension of Entry: This proclamation shall apply only to foreign nationals of the designated countries who are outside the United States on the applicable effective date of this proclamation (June 9) and do not have a valid visa on the applicable effective date of this proclamation.
The suspension of and limitation on entry under this proclamation does not apply to:
- Any lawful permanent resident of the United States;
- Any dual national of a country designated under either list within this proclamation when the individual is traveling on a passport issued by a country not so designated;
- Any foreign national traveling with a valid nonimmigrant visa in the following classifications: A-1, A-2, C-2, C-3, G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, NATO-1, NATO‑2, NATO-3, NATO-4, NATO-5, or NATO-6;
- Any athlete or member of an athletic team, including coaches, persons performing a necessary support role, and immediate relatives, traveling for the World Cup, Olympics, or other major sporting event as determined by the Secretary of State;
- Immediate family immigrant visas (IR-1/CR-1, IR-2/CR-2, IR-5) with clear and convincing evidence of identity and family relationship (e.g., DNA);
- Adoptions (IR-3, IR-4, IH-3, IH-4);
- Afghan Special Immigrant Visas;
- Special Immigrant Visas for United States Government employees; and
- Immigrant visas for ethnic and religious minorities facing persecution in Iran.
Other exceptions to the suspension of and limitation on entry pursuant to this proclamation may be made for certain individuals for whom the Attorney General finds, in her discretion, that the travel by the individual would advance a critical United States national interest involving the Department of Justice, or if the Secretary of State finds, in his discretion, that the travel by the individual would serve a United States national interest.
Effective Date: This proclamation takes effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on June 9, 2025.
- No immigrant or nonimmigrant visa issued before the applicable effective date of this proclamation shall be revoked pursuant to this proclamation.
- This proclamation does not apply to an individual who has been granted asylum by the United States, to a refugee who has already been admitted to the United States, or to an individual granted withholding of removal or protection under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment (CAT).
- This proclamation does not limit an individual’s ability to seek asylum, refugee status, withholding of removal, or protection under the CAT, consistent with the laws of the United States.
Looking Ahead:
- The Secretary of State, with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director for National Intelligence, will assess whether any suspensions and limitations imposed by this proclamation should be continued, terminated, modified, or supplemented after 90 days and then every 180 days thereafter.
- The Secretary of State, with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence, will immediately engage each of the countries identified in this proclamation on the measures that must be taken to comply with United States screening, vetting, immigration, and security requirements.
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