US President Donald Trump has issued an order to completely ban people from 12 countries from coming to America. He said that this step is necessary for the security of America and to protect the lives of people. This ban is coming into effect from June 9. Apart from these, a partial ban has also been imposed on citizens of 7 countries. This will be applicable on both immigration and non-immigration visas. Trump said It is important to keep America safe from such foreign citizens who try to carry out terrorist attacks, harm national security, spread hatred or take wrong advantage of immigration laws. What is the difference between a complete ban and a partial ban? According to the US State Department, a complete ban means that most of the citizens of that country are completely banned from entering America. These include people seeking tourist visa, student visa, work visa and immigrant visa. On the other hand, a partial ban means that some specific types of visas or entry are banned for the citizens of that country, not the rest. That is, immigrant visa will not be available, but tourist visa can be available. Students will get permission, but work visa will be banned. Trump said- Be careful while issuing visa Trump has asked to be careful while issuing visa to citizens of other countries. He said that while issuing visa, care should be taken that such people do not come to America, who can harm the interests of Americans or the country. Trump said People coming on immigration visa become permanent residents, so their investigation is more important and difficult. Even if there is a threat to security, it is difficult to remove these people. On the other hand, people coming on non-immigration visa are less checked. Therefore, it is necessary to ban people coming from countries where the systems related to identity and information sharing are not good. 7 Muslim majority countries were banned in 2017 Trump had imposed a travel ban in 2017 during his first term, which is often called Muslim ban. Most of the Muslim majority countries were included in it. According to the order issued in January 2017, 7 countries were completely banned from coming to America in the initial ban. They included Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Later, changes were made in it. First Iraq was removed from this list. Later Sudan was removed and Chad was added in its place. Then non-Muslim countries like North Korea and Venezuela were also included, so that it could not be called religiously discriminatory. Trump said – Sanctions are necessary to stop terrorism Trump has described these sanctions as necessary to stop terrorism. He said that these sanctions are also necessary so that cooperation can be obtained from foreign governments, immigration laws can be implemented and national security, foreign policy and anti-terrorism work can be carried forward. Regarding Afghanistan, it has been told in the order that it is under the control of Taliban, which is a terrorist group and there is no capable or cooperative government to issue passports or civil documents. Also, there are no proper investigation methods there. According to the order, the reason for the ban on Myanmar is that the people of that place stay in America even after the visa expires. According to the report, 27.07% people coming from Myanmar on B1/B2 visas and 42.17% people coming on F, M, J visas stay longer than the stipulated time. Apart from this, Myanmar has not cooperated in taking back its citizens expelled from America. ——————————- Read this news related to Trump too Trump has reversed 11 of his decisions in 130 days: Court stayed 180; more than 250 petitions filed against administration’s orders It has been only 130 days since the second term of US President Donald Trump began. But so far, US courts have put a stay, either permanently or temporarily, on at least 180 executive orders and policies of the Trump administration. Also, Trump himself has taken a U-turn on 11 major decisions. Read the full news here
