KABUL: The Trump administration is reviewing a potential entry ban for citizens from 36 additional countries.
The Washington Post, referencing a memo signed by Marco Rubio the U.S., Secretary of State, reported on Saturday night, that a 60-day deadline has been set for these countries to present a plan to meet new standards, including reliable identification, immigration control, and combating anti-Semitic and anti-American activities.
The countries mentioned include Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Ethiopia, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, South Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The reasons for this action include failures in case processing, lack of cooperation in immigration control, histories of illegal residency of their citizens in the U.S., promotion of anti-Semitic and anti-American activities, and citizenship programs without residency in some of these countries.
This comes as the Trump administration’s ban entry for citizens of 12 countries and impose restrictions on citizens from 7 others.