President Donald J. Trump on Tuesday signed a new presidential proclamation expanding U.S. entry restrictions on foreign nationals from multiple countries, citing persistent deficiencies in screening, vetting, and information-sharing that pose risks to national security and public safety.

The move builds on an earlier proclamation from June 2025 (Proclamation 10949), which imposed full restrictions on 12 high-risk countries: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.

The updated proclamation maintains those full bans while adding:-

**Full restrictions** on five additional countries: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria.-

**Full restrictions** on individuals holding Palestinian Authority-issued travel documents.- Upgrades to

**full restrictions** for Laos and Sierra Leone, previously under partial limits.Partial restrictions—primarily affecting immigrant visas, business/tourist (B-1/B-2), and student/exchange (F, M, J) visas—now apply to 15 new countries, including:

– Angola

– Antigua and Barbuda

– Benin

– Côte d’Ivoire

– Dominica- Gabon

– The Gambia

– Malawi- Mauritania

– Nigeria

– Senegal

– Tanzania

– Tonga

– Zambia

– ZimbabwePartial restrictions remain in place for Burundi, Cuba, Togo, and Venezuela.

In a White House fact sheet, the administration described the action as “strengthening national security through common sense restrictions based on data.”

It emphasized challenges such as widespread corruption, unreliable civil documents, nonexistent birth-registration systems, refusal to share law-enforcement data, high visa overstay rates, and the presence of terrorist or extremist activity in affected countries.

President Trump was quoted in the fact sheet:

“It is the President’s duty to take action to ensure that those seeking to enter our country will not harm the American people.

”The proclamation includes exceptions for lawful permanent residents, existing visa holders, certain categories (e.g., athletes and diplomats), and cases where entry serves U.S. national interests.

Family-based immigrant visa exemptions with high fraud risks have been narrowed, though case-by-case waivers are still available.

The White House framed the policy as fulfilling Trump’s campaign promises to restore and expand travel restrictions, referencing a prior Supreme Court ruling that upheld similar measures as within presidential authority and premised on legitimate purposes—preventing entry of inadequately vetted individuals and encouraging foreign governments to improve cooperation.

Notably, Turkmenistan saw partial relief: nonimmigrant visa restrictions were lifted due to improved cooperation, though immigrant entry suspensions remain.

Nigeria’s inclusion follows Trump’s earlier designation of the country as a “Country of Particular Concern” in October 2025 over allegations of severe religious freedom violations and persecution of Christians, though Nigerian officials have disputed characterizations of the violence as targeted genocide.

The new restrictions are tailored to encourage cooperation from affected nations, with ongoing assessments based on Executive Order 14161 issued in January 2025.