Bold Move To Keep Americans Safe From ‘terrorists’ Is Basis For Us Travel Ban For Some African Nations

President Donald Trump’s restrictions connected recreation from 10 African countries are being praised by analysts for improving U.S. information internationally and domestically.

The president said connected X nan recreation prohibition was being introduced aft a panic onslaught against a pro-Israel group advocating for Hamas to merchandise Israeli hostages successful Boulder, Colorado, past weekend, allegedly by an Egyptian man who had overstayed his visa.

In a White House truth sheet, Trump said, "We will reconstruct nan recreation ban, immoderate group telephone it nan Trump recreation ban, and support nan extremist Islamic terrorists retired of our country."

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President Donald Trump gestures to nan crowd astatine nan Conservative Political Action Conference astatine nan Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center Feb. 22, 2025, successful Oxon Hill, Md.  (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

This constituent was backed by nan State Department’s main lawman spokesperson, Tommy Pigott. In a briefing Thursday, Pigott said, "This is simply a nationalist information imperative".

But observers judge location is an external, world reason. 

"Most, if not all, of nan African countries were added to this database either because of utmost instability and frankincense violent havens aliases because relations betwixt them and nan U.S. is either highly mediocre aliases non-existent," Bill Roggio, elder chap astatine nan Foundation for Defense of Democracies and editor of FDD's Long War Journal, told Fox News Digital. 

"For instance, nan U.S. has been historically difficult connected Eritrea for its quality authorities abuses and besides alleged support for terrorism. While successful Chad, its subject authorities kicked nan U.S. subject retired of its territory past year, further hurting nan U.S. subject posture successful Africa."

TRUMP BANS TRAVEL TO US FROM SEVERAL COUNTRIES TO BLOCK ‘DANGEROUS FOREIGN ACTORS’

Some of nan restricted African countries listed beneath airs important imaginable information concerns for nan U.S.

In this Feb. 17, 2011, record photo, hundreds of recently trained al-Shabaab fighters execute subject exercises successful an area southbound of Mogadishu, Somalia.  (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

SOMALIA 

The world’s 2 main Islamist panic groups, ISIS and al Qaeda, represented present by Al-Shabaab, some run openly successful Somalia. The White House described it this week as "a violent safe haven." 

A briefing statement accompanying nan recreation prohibition declared, "A persistent violent threat emanates from Somalia's territory. Somalia besides remains a destination for individuals attempting to subordinate terrorist groups that frighten nan nationalist information of nan United States."  

The U.S. Africa Command mounted 5 aerial attacks against operators from some groups successful conscionable nan 12 days up to June 2. 

LIBYA 

Fighting and consequent piles of bodies successful nan streets person been reported successful nan past period successful Tripoli, nan Libyan capital. The U.N.’s Support Mission successful Libya precocious posted connected X that nan business could "spiral retired of control."

"The humanities violent beingness wrong Libya's territory amplifies nan risks posed by nan introduction into nan United States of its nationals," nan White House statement states, adding U.S. separator officials can’t decently vet Libyans because "there is nary competent aliases cooperative cardinal authority for issuing passports aliases civilian documents successful Libya."

SUDAN 

Fighters of nan Sudan Liberation Movement, a Sudanese rebel group progressive successful Sudan's Darfur State that supports service Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, be a graduation ceremonial successful nan southeastern Gedaref authorities March 28, 2024. (Getty Images)

The U.S. has already imposed sanctions against nan leaders of some parties progressive successful a two-year civilian warfare that has reportedly killed 150,000 and displaced 12 million. The U.S. claims up to 28% of Sudanese overstay their visas.

ERITREA 

The criminal records of Eritreans are not disposable for inspection by U.S. officials. With an overstay complaint of up to 55%, nan White House besides reported that "Eritrea has historically refused to judge backmost its removable nationals."   

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CHAD 

The West African state is causing interest successful Washington arsenic it deepens relations pinch Russia. Chad President Idriss Deby went to Moscow past twelvemonth for talks pinch Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Kremlin Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was past warmly welcomed successful Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, for a reciprocal visit. Russia’s shadowy Wagner backstage mercenary group's value successful nan state is being questioned aft 3 of its members were arrested successful September and sent backmost to Moscow. 

In this excavation photograph distributed by Russian state-owned agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin meets pinch Chad's Transitional President Mahamat Idriss Deby astatine nan Kremlin successful Moscow Jan. 24, 2024.  (Mikhail Metzel/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Banning nationals this week, nan U.S. said Chad has had a visa overstay complaint of up to 55%. In Chad, President Deby responded by saying, "I person instructed nan authorities to enactment successful accordance pinch nan principles of reciprocity and suspend nan issuance of visas to U.S. citizens."

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

People from this West African state person reportedly overstayed their F, M and J visas by up to 70%.

REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 

Depending connected nan visa category, up to 35% of citizens successful nan U.S. are reported to person overstayed their visas.

Overstaying is nan main rumor for nan different African countries whose nationals are partially restricted and now person only constricted introduction into nan U.S.

SIERRA LEONE 

Has an overstay complaint of up to 35%, and, nan White House says, "has historically grounded to judge backmost its removable nationals."

Libyan protesters stitchery successful Tripoli's Martyrs Square to telephone for nan resignation of nan nationalist unity authorities May 14, 2025. (Getty Images)

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TOGO 

Togo suffers from mediocre governance, nepotism and wide corruption, which reportedly goes each nan measurement to nan president’s office. Over 50% of nan organization lives beneath what’s regarded arsenic nan world poorness line. Togo’s nationals person an overstay complaint of up to 35% successful nan U.S.

BURUNDI 

Burundi vies pinch South Sudan for nan dubious title of poorest state successful nan world. Yet soaring ostentation has caused a devastating emergence successful nutrient prices. A erstwhile rebel group has led nan state for 2 decades successful an ambiance of governmental unrest and alleged repression. Burundi’s citizens person an overstay complaint of up to 17% successful nan U.S.