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Trump’s New Travel Bans
New & Improved!
Okay, let’s get back to those travel bans. Trump, as usual, wants to ban people from certain … cough, predominantly Muslim … countries just like last time. Only this time, cuz everything is bigger and better in his second administration, instead just a half dozen countries, he wants to ban people from 43 countries.
According to the NYT, there is a list of 43 countries circulating around the State Department for formal vetting before being presented to the White House. On that list are three categories.
Red — all travel banned
Orange — visas sharply restricted
Yellow — 60 days to address concerns
Let’s tackle these one at a time, starting with the compete ban on travel from the following 11 countries:
Afghanistan
Bhutan
Cuba
Iran
Libya
North Korea
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Venezuela
Yemen
Ten of those countries make sense. They are considered terrorist or terrorist-supporting states, but Bhutan?
