Trump expands travel ban and restrictions to include 20 new countries

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Trump expands travel ban and restrictions to include 20 new countries  The Trump administration has issued a full travel ban on five more countries as well as people traveling on documents issued by the Palestinian Authority. It also imposed new limits on 15 other countries.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/12/17/trump-expands-travel-ban-and-restrictions-to-include-20-new-countries  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00The Trump administration is expanding its travel bans and restrictions to 20 new countries,

00:07doubling the number of nations affected by sweeping travel limits to 39.

00:12Five more countries were added to the list facing a full ban, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger,

00:19South Sudan and Syria. People traveling on documents issued by the Palestinian Authority

00:25are also included in the ban. An additional 15 countries are facing increased restrictions.

00:31The restrictions apply to both people seeking to travel to the U.S. as visitors or to emigrate there.

00:38People who already have visas are lawful permanent residents of the U.S. or have certain visa

00:43categories such as diplomats or athletes, or whose entry into the country is believed to serve

00:48the U.S. interest are all exempt from the restrictions. The Trump administration cited

00:54immigration enforcement, foreign policy and national security concerns for the move.

01:00But critics have argued that the administration is using national security concerns to collectively

01:04keep out people from a wide range of countries.

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