Trump bans citizens of 12 countries from entering the US
- Jun 5, 2025
- 1 min read
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning citizens of 12 countries from entering the United States. The Republican announced this decision on the social network TruthSocial.
Citizens of 12 countries (Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen) have been subject to a complete entry ban, while citizens of seven other countries have been subject to a partial entry ban.
A partial ban has been imposed on citizens of Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela. They will not be granted visitor and student visas.
Exceptions apply to lawful permanent residents of the United States and those with valid visas. The list of countries is based on an analysis conducted by the State Department since January.
According to Trump, the reason for introducing such measures was an anti-Semitic attack against Jewish activists in Boulder, Colorado. A 45-year-old Egyptian man living in the United States illegally with his wife and children threw a Molotov cocktail into the crowd, shouting "Freedom for Palestine." Fifteen people were injured, including a retired Holocaust survivor.
