A draft circulating within the administration lists three categories of countries whose citizens could face restrictions on entry into the United States.
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The most stringent level of restrictions would completely ban citizens of 11 countries from entering the United States.
The Trump administration is considering imposing a new travel ban on citizens of 43 countries that would go beyond restrictions imposed during President Trump's first term, according to officials familiar with the matter.
A draft advisory developed by diplomats and security officials proposes a “red” list of 11 countries whose citizens would be categorically barred from entering the United States. They are Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen, officials said.
Draft list of countries to which travel bans are proposed
The Trump administration's domestic proposal lists the following countries whose citizens could face restrictions on entering the U.S. The final order may change in some countries.
Red
All travel is prohibited
Yemen
Afghanistan
Butane
Cuba
Iran
Libya
North Korea
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Venezuela
Orange
Visas are severely restricted
Belarus
Eritrea
Haiti
Laos
Myanmar
Pakistan
Russia
Sierra Leone
South Sudan
Turkmenistan
Yellow
60 days to solve problems
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Chad
Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dominica
Equatorial Guinea
Gambia
Liberia
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Sao Tome and Principe
Vanuatu
Zimbabwe
Red
All travel is prohibited
Yemen
Afghanistan
Butane
Cuba
Iran
Libya
North Korea
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Venezuela
Orange
Visas are severely restricted
Belarus
Eritrea
Haiti
Laos
Myanmar
Pakistan
Russia
Sierra Leone
South Sudan
Turkmenistan
Yellow
60 days to solve problems
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Chad
Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dominica
Equatorial Guinea
Gambia
Liberia
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Sao Tome and Principe
Vanuatu
Zimbabwe
Red
All travel is prohibited
Orange
Visas are severely restricted
Yellow
60 days to solve problems
Afghanistan
Butane
Cuba
Iran
Libya
North Korea
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Venezuela
Yemen
Belarus
Eritrea
Haiti
Laos
Myanmar
Pakistan
Russia
Sierra Leone
South Sudan
Turkmenistan
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Chad
Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dominica
Equatorial Guinea
Gambia
Liberia
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Sao Tome and Principe
Vanuatu
Zimbabwe
Credit: The New York Times
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive internal deliberations, cautioned that the list was compiled by the State Department several weeks ago and that it would likely be amended by the time it reached the White House.
Officials at State Department embassies and regional bureaus, as well as security experts from other departments and intelligence agencies, review the draft. They provide comments on whether the descriptions of country-specific deficiencies are accurate or whether there are political reasons — such as not risking disruption to cooperation on another priority — to reconsider including some.
The draft proposal also includes an “orange” list of 10 countries to which entry would be restricted, but not suspended. In these cases, entry would be permitted to wealthy business travelers, but not to those traveling on immigrant or tourist visas.
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