There has been speculation that the Trump administration is intending to re-institute the Travel Ban from his first tenure which prevented travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations from entering the US and which was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2018. On March 5, 2025, Reuters reported three anonymous sources had come forward with the news that as soon as next week, based on Trump’s executive order requiring intensified security vetting and identifying security risks per country, a new travel ban could bar people from Afghanistan and Pakistan from entering the US. The New York Times (“Times”) is reporting that this time around, this travel ban would be broader in scope.
Read morePresident Biden Signs "Proclamation on Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to The United States" to Revoke Trump's Muslim Travel Ban
On Wednesday, January 20, 2021, his first day in office, President Biden signed a “Proclamation on Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to The United States” to revoke what has been commonly referred to as the Muslim travel ban, which restricted entry into the United States from primarily Muslim and African countries. Former President Trump had faced numerous legal challenges in enacting his Muslim travel ban but the third version of the ban was upheld by the Supreme court in June 2018.
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