On June 26, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld
the travel ban implemented by the Trump Administration in September
2017. This travel ban was the third permutation after two
other travel bans failed to withstand lower court scrutiny.
Unsurprisingly, the travel ban was upheld along the party lines of
the Supreme Court Justices.
The travel ban restricts immigrant entry from Iran, North Korea,
Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, and Venezuela in some form.
While students of some of these countries are permitted entry into
the United States, others are outright banned from entering; and
tourists or business travelers from almost all of these countries
are currently suspended from entry. These countries were
purportedly selected after evaluating the foreign nations'
"deficient" information-sharing practices and national
security risks.
