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Homeland security head reveals plans to widen US travel ban to more than 30 countries

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Kristi Noem speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

The US plans to expand the number of countries covered by its travel ban to more than 30, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Kristi Noem, has announced.

Noem, in an interview on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle on Thursday evening, was asked to confirm whether the Trump administration would be increasing the number of countries on the travel ban list to 32.

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