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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lois Beckett and agencies

Trump travel ban barring citizens from 12 countries goes into effect

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A cyclist passes in front of the former US embassy in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Photograph: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP

Donald Trump’s new ban on travel to the US by citizens of a dozen countries, mainly in Africa and the Middle East, went into effect at 12am ET on Monday, more than eight years after Trump’s first travel ban sparked chaos, confusion and months of legal battles.

The new proclamation, which Trump signed last week, “fully” restricts the nationals of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen from entering the US. The entry of nationals of Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela will be partly restricted.

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