Citizens of nine countries will face new restrictions to enter into the United States of America under a proclamation signed by President Donald Trump on Sunday.
The new proclamation will replace Trump’s expired travel ban.
Citizens of countries to be affected are Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and some from Venezuela.
The new restriction will go into effect on October 18.
The restrictions range from an indefinite ban on visas for citizens of countries like Syria to more targeted restrictions.
A suspension of non-immigrant visas to citizens for Venezuela, for instance, will apply only to certain government officials and their immediate families.
The announcement was made on the same day Trump’s temporary ban on visitors from six Muslim-majority countries was set to expire 90 days after it went into effect.
The ban affected citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen who lacked a “credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States” from entering the US.
Only one of those countries, Sudan, will no longer be subject to travel restrictions.
“Making America Safe is my number one priority. We will not admit those into our country we cannot safely vet,” Trump tweeted late Sunday after the new policy was announced.
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