Monday, September 25, 2017

Trump's New Travel Ban Is Set to Begin Oct.18; Adds N. Korea, Venezuela, Chad; Drops Sudan

President Donald Trump today (September 25, 2017) ordered a revised travel ban which adds three countries -- North Korea, Venezuela, and Chad -- and removes one from the list first introduced months ago, according to the UPI website.

Sudan was dropped from the list, and the end of its restrictions is effective immediately.

The new restrictions on Chad and North Korea ban all citizens from those countries. Restrictions against Venezuela apply only to government officials and their immediate families.

Enforcement of the changes is scheduled to begin October 18, 2017. Trump may have added North Korea and Venezuela -- countries that are not primarily Islamic -- to the travel ban, in order to make it more difficult to prove in the courts that the travel ban is anti-Muslim and therefore is unconstitutional.


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