The administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a sweeping expansion of its travel ban policy, potentially restricting entry for citizens of 36 additional countries — with 25 of them located in Africa.
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According to an internal memo obtained by The Washington Post, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed the proposal on Saturday, laying the groundwork for the imposition of visa restrictions or outright travel bans on the listed nations.
Among those expected to be affected are key U.S. allies including Nigeria, Egypt, Ghana, and Djibouti. These countries have been given a 60-day window to comply with new U.S. Department of State requirements or risk being blacklisted.
The memo outlines several reasons for the proposed restrictions: failure to produce reliable identity or civil documentation, high visa overstay rates, corruption and fraud in government processes, citizenship-by-investment schemes with little or no residency obligations, and allegations of antisemitic or anti-American activities.
If enacted, the measure would represent one of the most aggressive immigration actions of Trump’s second term, drawing comparisons to the controversial “Muslim ban” implemented during his first term in office.
Critics have described the proposed move as discriminatory. Stephen Yale-Loehr, a professor of immigration law at Cornell Law School, stated: “Even if this expansion is legal, it is not good policy. The travel ban affects not only foreigners but U.S. citizens. Families will be separated because of this travel ban.”
The memo reportedly sets June 18 at 8:00 a.m. as the deadline for countries to submit initial action plans to meet new U.S. security screening benchmarks.
To avoid inclusion on the ban list, affected nations may also opt to accept deportees from the U.S. or enter into “safe third country” agreements — arrangements that allow asylum seekers to be processed outside of U.S. borders.
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