Trump's extensive effort to keep foreign nationals from certain countries out includes the halting of refugee admissions and a travel ban.

President Donald Trump’s new ban on travel to the US by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries took effect Monday amid rising tension over the president’s escalating campaign of immigration enforcement.

Follow live updates on Trump’s latest travel ban, effective June 9, 2025, affecting citizens from 12 countries entering the United States.

Dozens of demonstrators from local Muslim and immigrant rights organizations rallied outside San Diego International Airport Tuesday

The effort comes as the president has pursued extraordinary measures to curtail legal and illegal immigration.

President Trump's new ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries has taken effect amid rising tension over the president's escalating campaign of immigration enforcement.

The travel ban forms part of Trump's policy to restrict immigration into the United States and is reminiscent of a similar move in his first term

A few scattered protests greeted the first day of the Trump administration’s new restrictions on travelers from 19 countries.

Miami International Airport appeared to be business as usual on the first day of the Trump administration travel restrictions for nationals of Cuba, Venezuela and Haiti - countries that are a large source of travel and migration to South Florida.

The effect of the ban was not apparent Monday at O'Hare International Airport where, eight years ago during Trump's first attempt at a travel ban, hundreds protested and over a dozen people were arrested.

The president’s travel restrictions on 12 countries — almost all in Africa and Asia — have not been met with the same outcry as his so-called Muslim ban.