Former President Donald Trump has threatened to reintroduce a travel ban from “terror-afflicted countries” in reaction to the devastating Hamas-led terrorist strikes in Israel that have killed over 1,000 people.
President Trump issued an executive order in 2017 that was incorrectly described as a “Muslim ban.” This prohibition limited travel and most legal immigration from Yemen, Syria, Libya, Iran, Somalia, Venezuela, North Korea, Nigeria, Myanmar, Eritrea, Sudan, Tanzania, and Kyrgyzstan, among others. The goal of this activity was to address worries about terrorism and anti-US sentiment. activities. Furthermore, Trump Administration officials emphasized security personnel’s limited ability to adequately vet persons departing these countries.
Trump mentioned the recent terrorist attacks in Israel and stressed the success of the travel restriction in preserving the safety of American citizens during a campaign speech in New Hampshire on Monday.
“As president, I will once again stand strongly with the state of Israel, and will cut off the money to the terrorists on day one. And reimpose the travel ban on terror-afflicted countries,” Trump said.
“I had a travel ban. You know, think of it. I don’t like talking about it, but now I can, because the time is up. I went four years without a problem. Four years, because I had a travel ban and the Islamic terrorists weren’t allowed. It was very tough for them. I had a very strong travel ban,” the former president continued. “We didn’t have a problem in four years. People forget that people forget what happened before I was there. We had a big, big problem. But the bloodshed and killing that we have now allowed tens of thousands of probable terrorists into our country. We have people coming, men coming in from China by the thousands, men, not women, men coming in by the thousands.”
“We have men coming in from the Middle East by the thousands and thousands, and they let them come in, just come right in. There’s something going on, and we’ve got to be careful. We need smart leadership. If we don’t have smart leadership, we’re not going to have a country any longer,” Trump said.
He then vowed that if re-elected, he will restore the order. “We will cut off the money to Palestinian terrorists on day one, and we will re-impose the travel ban on terror-afflicted countries so that the bloodshed and killing we saw this week will never reach American soil,” Trump said.
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According to Breitbart News, the travel ban, which was declared lawful in a close 5-4 judgment, effectively cut immigration from the named nations by 80% compared to 2016 levels. However, President Biden revoked this ban with an executive order in January 2021, enabling legal immigration from the affected nations to resume.
