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Donald Trump has banned citizens of 12 countries from entering the US, resurrecting a divisive policy from his first term.
Nationals from Afghanistan, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Myanmar — which the administration referred to as Burma — will be barred from entering the US beginning on June 9, according to a proclamation the president signed on Wednesday.
Trump also partially restricted entry for citizens of seven additional countries: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.
He cited national security in the proclamation, saying the US must “protect its citizens from terrorist attacks and other national security or public-safety threats”.
The proclamation will almost certainly be challenged in court, as a similar executive order was during the president’s first term.
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