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A list of 43 countries is circulating in the White House, whose citizens may be prohibited from entering the US. Donald Trump’s administration continues to tighten immigrant entry, but the new directive may affect tourists.
The “draft” of a final list is circulating within the Trump government and includes dozens of countries, whose citizens may face future restrictions to enter the United States.
The list that was released by the newspaper (NYT) includes 43 countriesdivided into three distinct levels of “threat”.
10 countries in red
The first group of 10 countries is placed in the so -called “red list”, which implies the Total Suspension of Visas for entry in the US.
Thus, citizens of Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Cuba, North Korea, Bhutan, Libya, Somalia, Venezuela and Yemen would be totally prevented from entering the country, with the total suspension of visas
Countries to orange
The second group of countries would be the target of a partial suspension of visasincluding tourists and studentsas well as work authorizations for.
Citizens in these countries would have to go through mandatory face -to -face interviews to receive a visa. However, the entry of travelers with profitable businesses would be allowed.
In this orange list are Belarus, Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Turquemenistan.
The yellow list
In the third group are countries that would be the subject of a “partial suspension of US immigration“If your governments” make no effort to correct the deficiencies within 60 days, “reads in the memorandum that the news agency had access.
Here are included Angola, Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe.
But the list also includes Antigua and Barbuda, Benim, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Liberia, Maluwi, Mali, Mauritania, St. Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Vanuatu and Zimbabué.
The US wants, in particular, that these countries improve security procedures in passport issuance and to deal with the alleged “Sale of Citizenship” To people from “forbidden countries”, which could be a way of circumventing restrictions on travel.
There may still be changes
The list has not yet been approved by the Trump administration, namely by the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and It is not definitiveHe told Reuters an official source of the White House.
In the first term of Trump, a ban on entry in the US had already been issued to travelers from seven Muslim majority countries.
Now the White House can reinforce restrictions on the emission of visas After Trump issued an executive order last January 20, which authorized government officials to gather a list of countries “whose verification and screening information” is “so disabled that justify a partial or total suspension of the admission of citizens of these countries”, as NYT highlights.
Trump’s Directive meets the restriction policy of the US President launched since the beginning of his second term.
