Trump's travel ban is set to begin Monday. Here's what to know.

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Washington — President Trump signed a proclamation precocious Wednesday barring travelers and immigrants from 12 countries and restricting the introduction of nationals from 7 different nations.

With the move, the White House cited concerns astir nationalist security. The president said the recent onslaught astatine a march supporting Israeli hostages successful Boulder, Colorado, had "underscored the utmost dangers posed to our state by the introduction of overseas nationals who are not decently vetted, arsenic good arsenic those who travel present arsenic impermanent visitors and overstay their visas."

"We don't privation them," Mr. Trump said.

Here's what to cognize astir the question bans:

What are the question prohibition countries?

With immoderate exceptions, the proclamation bans the introduction of foreigners from 12 countries who are seeking to travel to the U.S. permanently arsenic ineligible immigrants, arsenic good arsenic those with impermanent visas, including tourists:

Afghanistan
Myanmar
Chad
The Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Haiti
Iran
Libya
Somalia
Sudan
Yemen

The proclamation besides partially suspends the introduction of travelers and immigrants from different 7 countries. This regularisation applies to ineligible immigrants seeking to determination to the U.S. and definite impermanent visa holders who hail from the pursuing countries:

Burundi
Cuba
Laos
Sierra Leone
Togo
Turkmenistan
Venezuela

When does the prohibition instrumentality effect?

The prohibition is acceptable to instrumentality effect astatine 12:01 a.m. connected Monday, June 9.

Why were the countries selected?

On the archetypal time of his 2nd administration, Mr. Trump directed officials to execute a information reappraisal of high-risk regions and marque recommendations for wherever migration and question restrictions should beryllium imposed.

The president said the factors considered were "the largescale beingness of terrorists, nonaccomplishment to cooperate connected visa security, inability to verify travelers' identities, inadequate grounds keeping of transgression histories and persistently precocious rates of amerciable visa overstays, and different things."

"Very simply, we cannot person unfastened migration from immoderate state wherever we cannot safely and reliably vet and surface those who question to participate the United States," Mr. Trump said.

The president cited the caller onslaught successful Boulder, wherever an Egyptian nationalist was charged, arsenic portion of the justification for the bans. Egypt is not among the countries connected the White House's list. But the proclamation directed officials to measure the "adequacy" of Egypt's vetting policies "in airy of caller events."

Are determination exceptions to the caller question ban?

The president's decree contains definite exemptions, including for U.S. imperishable residents and the spouses and children of U.S. citizens who person "clear and convincing grounds of individuality and household relationship."

The proclamation besides outlines exemptions for Afghans who assisted American forces and person peculiar visas; diplomats; athletes coming to the U.S. for the World Cup, the Olympics and different large sporting events; dual nationals with a passport from a state not listed successful the president's decree; and for adoptions.

Mr. Trump said the database could beryllium revised if countries marque "material improvements," and caller countries could beryllium added "as threats look astir the world."

Did Trump bash this before?

The president's actions travel a bid of question bans issued during his archetypal administration that initially targeted predominantly Muslim countries. Like those orders, his latest proclamation could beryllium taxable to lawsuits, though the Supreme Court yet upheld the revised prohibition from his archetypal term, which the White House noted successful a information expanse outlining his second-term bans.

The president touted his first-term question bans successful his video connection released Wednesday.

"In my archetypal term, my almighty question restrictions were 1 of our astir palmy policies, and they were a cardinal portion of preventing large overseas panic attacks connected American soil," Mr. Trump said.

In January 2017, Mr. Trump signed a question prohibition restricting the introduction of astir citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The prohibition sparked wide outcry, creating chaos astatine airports and prompting ineligible challenges, arsenic opponents argued the prohibition was discriminatory.

Then successful March 2017, Mr. Trump removed Iraq from the database and added Chad, Venezuela and North Korea. The president expanded the prohibition successful 2020, adding migration restrictions for nationals of Nigeria, Eritrea, Sudan, Tanzania, Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan. Chad was aboriginal removed from the list.

The 3rd iteration of the president's first-term prohibition was upheld by the Supreme Court successful the summertime of 2018. At the time, blimpish justices cited the president's wide authorization to restrict the introduction of foreigners connected nationalist information grounds. When President Joe Biden took office, helium scrapped that ban.