Trump Administration Issues New Travel Ban

On June 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued a proclamation instituting a partial or full travel ban on 19 countries. This comes on the heels of Executive Order 14161 of January 20, 2025: Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists And Other National Security And Public Safety Threats, which directed the secretary of state, the attorney general, the secretary of homeland security, and the director of national intelligence to produce a report identifying countries throughout the world for which vetting and screening information is so deficient as to warrant a partial or full suspension.

According to the president, the rationale for these travel bans is based on data that show, primarily, some or all of the following regarding the particular country: (a) lacks a competent or cooperative central authority for issuing passports or civil documents and does not have appropriate screening and vetting measures; (b) historically has a high incidence of visa