Archive June 5, 2025

According to The Associated Press news agency, US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that prohibits citizens from traveling in all 12 nations and restates citizens from seven.

Afghanistan, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen are among the nations that are prohibited.

People from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela will also experience more stringent restrictions in addition to the ban, which goes into effect on Monday.

In his directive, Trump said, “I must act to safeguard the United States’ national security and its interests.”

Trump claimed in a video message that the White House had “understood the extreme dangers posed to our country by the entry of foreigners who are not properly vetted” that the recent attack on a pro-Israel rally in Boulder, Colorado had “underscored the extreme dangers posed to our country by the entry of foreigners.”

According to the president, “millions and millions of these illegals should not be in our country.”

We can’t, in any country, allow open migration from any country where we can safely and reliably vet and screen those who enter the United States, he said, adding, “We will not let what happened in Europe happen.”

We won’t permit foreigners who want to harm our nation.

“We cannot allow open migration from any nation where we cannot safely and reliably vet and screen people,” I am signing a new executive order that places restrictions on travel in nations like Yemen, Somalia, Haiti, Libya, and numerous others. – Photo of President Trump twitter.com/ER7nGM4TO2

Trump signed an executive order mandating citizens of seven predominantly Muslim nations’ countries, including Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, during his first term in office.

People from the countries whose names were cited were either denied entry to the US on their flights or held hostage at US airports upon landing. Tourists, visitors to friends and family, businesspeople, students and faculty members in US institutions, and others.

The Supreme Court upheld the order in 2018, which prohibited categories of travellers and immigrants from Iran, Somalia, Yemen, Syria, and Libya, as well as North Korean and some Venezuelan government officials and their families. The order was frequently referred to as the “Muslim ban” or the “travel ban.”

Trump argued that the initial travel ban was intended to safeguard the US and that it was not anti-Muslim, and that it was justified by the president’s assertions. Trump’s first campaign for the White House had pushed for a Muslim travel ban, though.

Following the president’s administration’s decision on Wednesday, Mohamed Soliman’s wife and their five children were detained in an effort to deport them.

Judge Gordon Gallagher ruled that Soliman’s wife, Hayam El Gamal, and her children could remain in the country as long as his decree is in place.

The judge argued that the Court also concluded that irreparable harm could be caused by deportation without recourse.

El Gamal had filed a legal petition for her release, which has not yet been proven guilty.

In addition to the 12 people hurt in the attack on Sunday, Soliman has been charged with a federal hate crime.

If Soliman’s relatives acted unfairly, or if they were merely targeted because of their ties to him, the Trump administration is unsure. Soliman appears to have been acting alone in the attack, according to authorities.

Trump’s administration, however, made it clear that they would aggressively look into and deport people they thought were connected to “terrorism.”

In a social media post on Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, “All terrorists, their families, and terrorist sympathizers here on a visa should be aware that under the Trump Administration, we will find you, revoke your visa, and deport you,” in light of the horrifying attack that occurred yesterday.

Elgamal, her three daughters, and her two sons, all of whom are minors, were detained by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday.

In a video released online, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stated, “We are looking into how much his family knew about this heinous attack, if they knew about it, or if they provided support for it.” “Justice will be provided,”

Before applying for asylum, Soliman and his family, according to DHS, were granted temporary visas in the US in 2022.

In 2023, Soliman’s visa expired. El Gamal, according to media reports, applied for an employment visa while working as a network engineer.

Critics claim that the practice of punishing a criminal suspect’s family constitutes unlawful collective punishment.

Human rights organizations have criticized Israeli actions that targeted Palestinians who were suspected of being involved in armed attacks in the West Bank, for instance.

Israel’s occupation of Gaza, which UN experts have described as a genocide, has been linked to the attack in Colorado. During the firebombing, the suspect allegedly yelled “Free Palestine.”

Other violent incidents have occurred on US soil as a result of the Washington-backed conflict. Following the alleged murder of two Israeli Embassy employees in Washington, D.C., last month, the incident in Colorado occurred.

Another crime connected to the war resulted in the murder of a six-year-old Palestinian boy in the Chicago area in October 2023. The 73-year-old suspect allegedly told the boy’s mother that Muslims “must die” as they were attacked. After being found guilty of murder and hate crimes, he received a 53-year sentence.

Three Palestinian American students were shot and seriously injured in Vermont a few weeks later.