Travel restrictions enacted by the Trump administration earlier this year have expanded to include 20 additional countries.
The administration announced restrictions for 19 countries this summer. Back then, Afghanistan and Iran were some of 12 countries where travel to the U.S. was outright banned. Venezuela and Cuba were among seven others facing new restrictions.
Citizens from Burkina Faso, Syria and three other countries will now also face full bans from U.S. entry — along with anyone with travel documents issued by the Palestinian Authority. Fifteen other countries face partial restrictions.
Restrictions take effect Jan. 1 and include both visitors and those hoping to move to the U.S. People with permanent residency or existing visas are excluded.
The changes come amid a flurry of policy shifts for immigrants and refugees — including a complete pause on all asylum applications announced earlier this month.
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In a letter to new DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Gallego and Kelly say they’re writing to follow up on an original request from February — in which they asked the agency for more details about plans for a warehouse facility in surprise, and an old jail in Marana, just outside Tucson. -
Arizona state Senate and House Republicans met last week with members of the Trump administration to discuss solutions to the water crisis facing the Colorado River. -
The marijuana holiday 4/20 is on Monday. It falls about 10 weeks before the deadline to submit enough signatures so Arizona voters could decide in November whether to outlaw dispensaries. -
President Donald Trump showered praise on several Arizona candidates he’d already endorsed at a campaign event in Phoenix on Friday and gave shoutouts to several candidates for the first time. -
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