“The United States Government must ensure that admitted aliens do not intend to threaten its citizens.”
By Catholics for Catholics
After a wave of terrorist attacks across the world, President Donald Trump enlarged his travel ban to include five more nations.
On Tuesday, the President included in the travel ban the countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria. Also, travelers with documents from the Palestinian authority will also be banned from entry, according to a story by the Daily Wire.
Previously, Trump had enforced travel limitations to Venezuela, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen, and increased restrictions on visitors from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo and Turkmenistan.
“The United States must exercise extreme vigilance during the visa-issuance and immigration processes to identify, prior to their admission or entry into the United States, foreign nationals who intend to harm Americans or our national interests,” the president’s proclamation states.
“The United States Government must ensure that admitted aliens do not intend to threaten its citizens; undermine or destabilize its culture, government, institutions, or founding principles; or advocate for, aid, or support designated foreign terrorists or other threats to our national security,” it adds.
In November, Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, who entered the U.S. in 2021 as part of President Joe Biden’s “Operation Allies Welcome,” was accused of shooting two National Guard members who were deployed to Washington, D.C., as part of the Trump administration’s crime crackdown.
Lakanwal allegedly killed Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, of the West Virginia National Guard. National Guardsman Andrew Wolfe, 24, of West Virginia, is still recovering from his injuries.
Trump’s increased travel ban comes just days after a series of devastating terror attacks. The most recent of the attacks occurred in Sydney, Australia, where a father and son inspired by ISIS opened fire on Jewish community members celebrating Hanukkah on the beach, killing 15 individuals.
On Saturday, two U.S. Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter — also American — had been killed in Syria by ISIS.
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