United States President Donald Trump has signed an order banning citizens from 12 from travelling to the US. The order also is restricting travel from seven other countries, reviving and expanding the travel bans from his first term.

Trump’s order restricted the nationals of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

Meanwhile, the entry of nationals of Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela will be partially restricted.

The US president said the action was needed to protect the United States from terrorist attacks and other national security threats, and said the countries lacked screening and vetting capabilities. The Wednesday ban follows his first executive order when he first came into the office on January 20th 2025, instructing his administration to submit a list of candidates for a ban by 21 March.

In a video the White House shared Wednesday night, Trump said the travel restrictions will help in preventing major foreign terror attacks in American.

“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.” Said Trump in the video

That order called on various agencies, such as the U.S. State Department, to help identify “countries throughout the world for which vetting and screening information is so deficient as to warrant a partial or full suspension.”

Trump also sought to identify how many people from those countries were admitted during the Biden administration, to possibly retroactively suspend their visas.

Trump added that the list was “subject to revisions based on whether material improvements are made” and that “likewise, new countries could be added as threats emerge around the world”