The Homeland Security and State departments announced the administration is now including Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania. Administration officials said Friday that the measure would not necessarily block all citizens of those nations from entering the United States, affecting only “limited categories” of travelers. AdvertisementThe Trump administration has expanded a policy regime effectively blocking asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border — which have increasingly included Africans — and slashing U.S. refugee admissions to among their lowest levels. The new iteration of the “travel ban” may be intended more for leverage and political messaging than its practical impact on travelers from the six countries. Homeland Security officials told several of the countries they could avoid being named on the list if they made changes before the announcement, according to the Associated Press.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 31, 2020 20:46 UTC