Second Trump travel ban
2025 United States presidential proclamation
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Proclamation 10949, titled Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats, is a presidential proclamation that restricts the entry of travelers from twelve countries. The proclamation was signed by President Donald Trump on June 4, 2025, with the restrictions being in force from June 9, 2025, at 12:01 a.m. EDT (UTC−4).
| Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats | |
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| Type | Presidential proclamation |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Signed | June 4, 2025 |
| Federal Register details | |
| Federal Register document number | 2025-10669 |
| Publication date | June 10, 2025 |
| Document citation | 90 FR 24497 |
Background
In his first term, President Donald Trump signed three executive orders implementing a travel ban.[1] In June 2018, the Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. Hawaii that Trump's travel ban was constitutional.[2]
Executive Order 14161
On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14161 titled "Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats". The order seeks to protect Americans "from aliens who intend to commit terrorist attacks, threaten [U.S.] national security, espouse hateful ideologies, or otherwise exploit immigration laws for malevolent purposes." To achieve this goal, the order calls for enhanced vetting and screening measures for all foreign nationals seeking to enter or already present in the United States since January 20, 2021. It directs federal agencies a 60-day period to review, recommend, and implement necessary updates to existing procedures to ensure national security and public safety.[3]
In doing so, the order also seeks to identify deficiencies in the information needed to assess whether nationals of particular countries pose a security threat, using a standardized risk assessment baseline. If a foreign government fails to provide adequate information, or if other risk factors are present, the administration may impose entry restrictions and take steps to remove individuals already in the country. The order may reinstate and expand upon earlier directives issued during Trump's first term, commonly referred to as the "travel ban".[4]
In March 2025, the Trump administration began finalizing a list of countries whose citizens would be barred from entering the United States, largely derived from Executive Order 13769 and 13780.[5] The New York Times reported on a draft list that would ban citizens of eleven countries from entering the U.S., sharply restrict citizens of ten other countries, and give twenty-two countries sixty days to address concerns from the Department of State.[6]
Proclamation
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Exemptions
The policy excludes the following:[10]
- Visa holders
- Permanent residents
- Diplomatic and official visa holders
- Certain immediate relative immigrant visas (spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens)
- Adoptions by U.S. citizens
- Immigrant visas for Iranian citizens facing ethnic and religious persecution in their country
- Dual nationals applying with a passport not subjected to the ban
- Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) for U.S. government employees and Afghan citizens
- Participants in certain major sporting events (such as the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics)
In a video message, Trump said his order was in response to the 2025 Boulder fire attack.[11][12] The alleged perpetrator of that attack was a national of Egypt, but Egypt was not one of the countries listed in the proclamation.
When the policy was expanded to include 39 countries on December 16, 2025, the exceptions for adoption and immediate relatives were removed.[13]
Responses
The Washington Post wrote that the order was likely to incite legal challenges.[1]
The order was denounced by a number of Democratic senators and representatives, including Adam Schiff, Pramila Jayapal, Chris Murphy, Ed Markey, and Don Beyer.[14]
Amnesty International USA called the ban "discriminatory, racist, and downright cruel".[14]
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the ban was "overbroad, unnecessary and ideologically motivated".[14]
Ahilan Arulanantham noted that while the supreme court allowed the first ban in Trump v. Hawaii on "almost exclusively on national security-related justifications", the second ban "points to visa overstay rates as a rationale" which is "an area of potential legal vulnerability".[15]
Adam Bates, a counsel at the International Refugee Assistance Project, said "For the purposes of terminating TPS, Afghanistan is a safe, stable, secure country. And for the purpose of banning Afghans from getting visas, Afghanistan is a terrorist-run failed state (...) They’re self-contradicting." Bates also said "It’s just this kind of collective punishment. (...) We don’t trust you based on no other reason than where you were born"[15]