MAPPED: How President Trump’s new travel ban compares to his past ones
Updated: 8:09 PM CDT Jun 5, 2025
President Donald Trump issued a proclamation Wednesday banning or restricting travel from citizens in 19 countries, citing national security concerns.Bans were placed on 12 countries, while restrictions were placed on the remaining seven. The order goes into effect Monday at 12:01 a.m.The bans and restrictions impact countries in several regions of the world, mainly in Africa. Seven countries in Africa will have bans imposed, while three will have restrictions.During his first term, four major executive actions were issued by Trump. At least 15 countries were issued travel bans or restrictions during his first time in office. By the last proclamation issued in January 2020, there were 13 countries with travel bans or restrictions in place.Nine of the countries named in the latest travel ban were included in the bans set forth during the president’s first term. The 10 countries not named before are: Afghanistan, Burundi, the Republic of Congo, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Haiti, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo and Turkmenistan.The latest bans did not include Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, North Korea, Syria and Tanzania. Iraq was in Trump’s first travel ban enacted in January 2017, but was removed from subsequent executive actions.This initial executive order banned people from seven majority-muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=
President Donald Trump issued a proclamation Wednesday banning or restricting travel from citizens in 19 countries, citing national security concerns.
Bans were placed on 12 countries, while restrictions were placed on the remaining seven. The order goes into effect Monday at 12:01 a.m.
The bans and restrictions impact countries in several regions of the world, mainly in Africa. Seven countries in Africa will have bans imposed, while three will have restrictions.
During his first term, four major executive actions were issued by Trump. At least 15 countries were issued travel bans or restrictions during his first time in office. By the last proclamation issued in January 2020, there were 13 countries with travel bans or restrictions in place.
Nine of the countries named in the latest travel ban were included in the bans set forth during the president’s first term. The 10 countries not named before are: Afghanistan, Burundi, the Republic of Congo, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Haiti, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo and Turkmenistan.
The latest bans did not include Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, North Korea, Syria and Tanzania. Iraq was in Trump’s first travel ban enacted in January 2017, but was removed from subsequent executive actions.
This initial executive order banned people from seven majority-muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
