Trump Bans Entry of Citizens from 12 Countries, Imposes Restrictions on 7 Others + Full List

United States President Donald Trump has banned the citizens of twelve countries from entering the United States.

Trump, in a proclamation on Wednesday, also declared that citizens of seven other countries would be partially restricted.

According to him, the move was needed to protect the U.S. against “foreign terrorists” and other security threats.

The countries placed under a full ban are:

Afghanistan

Myanmar

Chad 

The Democratic Republic of the Congo

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Haiti

Iran

Libya

Somalia

Sudan, and 

Yemen.

Similarly, citizens of 

Burundi

Cuba

Laos

Sierra Leone

Togo

Turkmenistan and 

Venezuela will be partially restricted.

The proclamation is effective on June 9, 2025, at 12:01 am EDT (5:01 am Nigerian time).

“We will not allow people to enter our country who wish to do us harm,” Trump said in a video posted on 𝕏.

The U.S. President said the list could be revised and new countries could be added.

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He said the countries subject to the most severe restrictions were determined to harbour a “large-scale presence of terrorists”.

He alleged others failed to cooperate on visa security and could not verify travellers’ identities, inadequate record-keeping of criminal histories, and high rates of visa overstays in the U.S.

“We cannot have open migration from any country where we cannot safely and reliably vet and screen those who seek to enter the United States,” Trump said.