On Tuesday, President Donald Trump added five new countries to a travel ban, while imposing limits on several others.
Citing safety concerns, the Trump administration is adding Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria – as well as anyone with Palestinian Authority-issued travel documents – to a list of countries where citizens are banned from traveling to the United States. Existing partial bans on Laos and Sierra Leone have been escalated to full bans.
“The restrictions and limitations imposed by the Proclamation are necessary to prevent the entry of foreign nationals about whom the United States lacks sufficient information to assess the risks they pose, garner cooperation from foreign governments, enforce our immigration laws, and advance other important foreign policy, national security, and counterterrorism objectives,” reads a proclamation on the suspension, adding that the action “narrows broad family-based immigrant visa carve-outs that carry demonstrated fraud risks, while preserving case-by-case waivers.”
Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Dominica, Gabon, The Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, Zambia, and Zimbabwe all face partial bans.
The administration added that many of the countries on the list have “widespread corruption, fraudulent or unreliable civil documents and criminal records, and nonexistent birth-registration systems,” which make it nearly impossible to accurately verify the identity of a traveler. Meanwhile, others do not share law enforcement information, while some engage in “Citizenship-by-Investment schemes that conceal identity and bypass vetting requirements and travel restrictions.”
Twelve countries, Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen, were hit with a Trump administration travel ban in June. Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela faced restrictions on travel at that time.
X users are weighing in on the decision:
Time for a full freeze on immigration across the board
— Prof History Repeats (@MaDecorative) December 16, 2025
Good! We should have a world wide travel ban until we get all illegal aliens out of here.
— LindaRN (@LindaG_RN) December 16, 2025
Thank you President Trump! Finally a President who prioritizes the safety of Americans.
— StopVotingDemocrat (@StopVotingDmcrt) December 16, 2025
I do not blame President Trump for taking these precautions so quickly, I mean look at what happened in Australia. It could have happened in any other country that allows immigrants from terrorist countries
— Craft_monsta (@Craftmonster3) December 17, 2025
How about banning Pakistanis, like the two terrorists in Australia or the mass rapists in Britain? https://t.co/KRcR8zx1QZ
— Myron Magnet (@MyronMagnet) December 17, 2025
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