Trump Blocks/Restricts Entry From Almost 40 Problem Nations

President Donald Trump slammed the door yesterday on more than three dozen Third World countries whose immigrants to the United States are a public menace and terror threat.

Trump continued full or partial restrictions on some countries he had already listed, but added others in both categories.

Notably, the list includes Somalia. Immigrants from the pestiferous outpost of war lords and poverty have established an Islamic beachhead in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and perpetrated massive federal food and housing fraud. Also from Somalia: hate-America Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.

Prelude

Trump hinted at what was coming on Thanksgiving, with a message about immigrants and what they cost Americans not only financially, but also socially.

“The official United States Foreign population stands at 53 million people (Census), most of which are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels,” he wrote on Truth Social:

They and their children are supported through massive payments from Patriotic American Citizens who, because of their beautiful hearts, do not want to openly complain or cause trouble in any way, shape, or form. They put up with what has happened to our Country, but it’s eating them alive to do so! A migrant earning $30,000 with a green card will get roughly $50,000 in yearly benefits for their family. The real migrant population is much higher. This refugee burden is the leading cause of social dysfunction in America, something that did not exist after World War II (Failed schools, high crime, urban decay, overcrowded hospitals, housing shortages, and large deficits, etc.)

Trump singled out the Somali horde in Minneapolis. “Somalian gangs are roving the streets looking for ‘prey’ as our wonderful people stay locked in their apartments and houses hoping against hope that they will be left alone,” he wrote. And “retarded” Minnesota Governor Tim Walz does nothing about it, he averred.

Trump also denounced Somali refugee Omar, whose marriage to her brother has invited the scrutiny of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

Fumed Trump:

[Omar is] always wrapped in her swaddling hijab, and who probably came into the U.S.A. illegally in that you are not allowed to marry your brother, does nothing but hatefully complain about our Country, its Constitution, and how “badly” she is treated, when her place of origin is a decadent, backward, and crime ridden nation, which is essentially not even a country for lack of Government, Military, Police, schools, etc.

The Order

Thus did Trump sign “Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the Security of the United States.” The new directive builds on previous mandates that restricted the entry of foreigners from dozens of countries.

“The United States must exercise extreme vigilance during the visa-issuance and immigration processes to identify, prior to their admission or entry into the United States, foreign nationals who intend to harm Americans or our national interests,” the order says:

The United States Government must ensure that admitted aliens do not intend to threaten its citizens; undermine or destabilize its culture, government, institutions, or founding principles; or advocate for, aid, or support designated foreign terrorists or other threats to our national security.

The order notes that foreigners from the named nations have committed “crimes that include murder, terrorism, embezzling public funds, human smuggling, human trafficking, and other criminal activity.” The foreign nationals are from countries “ranked in the top third of countries for criminality,” and because of their incompetent and corrupt governments that cannot or will not provide reliable documents for vetting, U.S. officials cannot properly evaluate “prior criminal activity and other grounds of inadmissibility.”

The order continues full restrictions on 12 countries: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. It adds five countries to that list: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria. Also forbidden entry are those with travel documents from the Palestinian Authority.

Two countries that had partial restrictions, Laos and Sierra Leone, are also on that list.

The order continues partial restrictions on Burundi, Cuba, Togo, and Venezuela, and adds 15 countries: Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Dominica, Gabon, The Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Further Justification

The accompanying fact sheet offers four reasons for the restrictions.

Many of the countries are corrupt and create “fraudulent or unreliable civil documents and criminal records.” Those problems, and “nonexistent birth-registration systems,” make vetting immigrants almost impossible.  As well, “some nations refuse to share passport exemplars or law-enforcement data, while others permit Citizenship-by-Investment schemes that conceal identity and bypass vetting requirements and travel restrictions.”

Other countries’ entrants overstay visas and refuse to accept deportees. 

Last but not least, “terrorist presence, criminal activity, and extremist activity in several listed countries result in a general lack of stability and government control — which causes deficient vetting capabilities and poses direct risks to American citizens and interests when nationals from these countries are admitted to the United States.”

Justifying the restriction, the fact sheet avers that either terrorism, civil unrest, or internal strife wrack some countries. Many others, such as Laos and Sierra Leone, have high rates of visa overstayers.

Another major concern is the countries such as Antigua that offer citizenship by investment (CBI).

“A foreign national from a country that is subject to travel restrictions could purchase CBI from a second country that is not subject to travel restrictions, obtain a passport in the citizenship of that second country, and subsequently apply for a United States visa for travel to the United States, thus evading the travel restrictions on his or her first country,” the order notes. 

The fact sheet also observes that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Trump’s previously ordered restrictions because they are “squarely within the scope of Presidential authority.”