The Trump administration announced the expansion of its controversial travel ban late last month.
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“It is logical and essential to thoroughly screen and vet everyone seeking to travel or immigrate to the United States,'' said Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in a statement announcing the new restrictions."However, there are some countries from whom the U.S. does not receive the necessary information about its travelers and, as a result, pose a national security or public safety risk that warrants tailored travel restrictions.
“President Trump is doubling down on his signature anti-Muslim policy – and using the ban as a way to put even more of his prejudices into practice by excluding more communities of color. Families, universities, and businesses in the United States are paying an ever-higher price for President Trump’s ignorance and racism," he said in a statement.
The expanded travel ban has already led to criticism over its targeting of African countries, with advocates and others calling the move discriminatory, and the hashtag #Africanban circulating on social media."It's mostly affecting people here, not the people in Nigeria,'' said Afolo."We are the ones here, we are the ones who have relatives, parents, spouses that are over there that may eventually want to live here.
The initial ban was blocked by the courts after protesters gathered at airports across the country to denounce the policy. Months later, Trump revised the travel ban to include nationals from six Muslim majority countries, but that executive order, too, was halted by a federal judge. The country of Chad was removed from the travel ban in 2018. The White House said at the time that the Central African country had improved its identity-management and information sharing practices sufficiently to meet the baseline security standard.
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