Trump administration issues total travel ban from 12 nations, partial restrictions from 7 others; is India on the list?

US President Donald Trump issued a fresh proclamation restricting entry into the United States for travellers from specific countries. There is a total travel ban on entry of nationals from 12 countries and partial restrictions for seven others.

Which countries are on the US travel ban list? Is India in the list?

The proclamation fully restricts and limits the entry of nationals from 12 countries: Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

Meanwhile, the entry of people from seven other countries is partially restricted: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.

As per the proclamation, there are no travel restrictions for Indians who intend to visit the United States.

What Trump said?

Trump, in a video message, explained that the new travel ban was signed in response to the attack in Boulder, Colorado, which authorities attributed to a man allegedly residing in the country illegally.

"The recent terror attack in Boulder, Colorado, has underscored the extreme dangers posed to our country by the entry of foreign nationals who are not properly vetted. We don't want them," Trump said.

"We will not let what happened in Europe happen in America," Trump said.

“We cannot have open migration from any country where we cannot safely and reliably vet and screen. That is why today I am signing a new executive order placing travel restrictions on countries including Yemen, Somalia, Haiti, Libya, and numerous others.”

Trump further noted that the travel ban is subject to revision, and new countries could be added to the list as threats emerge from around the world.

Meanwhile, Abigail Jackson, a White House spokesperson, said on X, “President Trump is fulfilling his promise to protect Americans from dangerous foreign actors that want to come to our country and cause us harm.”

In his first term, Trump introduced a travel ban targeting seven predominantly Muslim countries — Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. The policy underwent multiple revisions before the Supreme Court upheld it in 2018. Later, Joe Biden overturned the ban when he took office, denouncing it as “a stain on our national conscience.”