Trump has banned from Monday to enter US people from 12 countries
According to Trump, the ban on Sunday’s attack in Colorado prompted.
Washington. US President Donald Trump He signed on Wednesday so -called. travel ban that will make it possible to entry to people from a total of 12 countries involving Afghanistan from Monday 9 June. Iran Whether Yemen.
The aim of the measure is to « protect Americans from dangerous foreign actors », the White House announced.
According to Trump, the introduction of a ban was prompted by a Sunday terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, writes AFP and AP.
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The prohibition applies to citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
« A recent terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, has emphasized the extreme danger to our country is the entry of foreigners who are not properly proven, » said Trump’s ban on a video published on the X platform.
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The ban will come into force on Monday 9 June at 00.01 h of local time. In addition, increased travel restrictions will apply to people coming to the US from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Toga, Turkmen and Venezuela, the White House reported.
« I have to act (this way) to protect the national security and national interests of the United States and their inhabitants, » Trump said.
According to the AP report, the list of countries was made on the basis of Trump’s decree of 20 January, ordering ministries – foreign affairs and internal security – as well as the director of US secret services (days) to develop a report on « hostile attitudes » towards the US or whether people from certain countries are a risk to the country’s national security.
During his first term of office, Trump has banned people from seven mostly Muslim countries, Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen, in January 2017.
Among people threw incendiary bottles
In Boulder, there was an attack on the participants of the Assembly to support Israeli hostages detained in Gaza band.
Muhammad Sabri Sulajman (45) originating from Egypt There he threw two incendiary bottles into the group of approximately 20 people, the so -called Molotov cocktails, sprayed gasoline and screamed « freedom of Palestine ».
At least 15 people have suffered injuries, some were more than 80 years old. According to government sources, Sulajmán was in the US on the basis of an invalid visa in the meantime.