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A White House proclamation restricting entry for nationals from 19 countries took effect on June 9, 2025 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern daylight time. The order imposed a full suspension of entry for people from 12 countries and partial restrictions on seven others, making it one of the administration’s broadest immigration actions so far this year. ([whitehouse.gov](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and-other-national-security-and-public-safety-threats/?query-11-page=3&utm_source=openai))

The proclamation says it is aimed at protecting the United States from foreign terrorists and other national security and public safety threats. It states that the restrictions were adopted after a review of screening, vetting and information-sharing practices. The White House posted the proclamation on June 4, and the policy then became effective early on June 9. ([whitehouse.gov](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and-other-national-security-and-public-safety-threats/?query-11-page=3&utm_source=openai))

The scope matters. According to the proclamation and contemporaneous reporting, the administration barred or sharply limited travel from countries including Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, with seven additional countries facing partial restrictions. ([lemonde.fr](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/06/07/donald-trump-s-selective-travel-ban-targets-african-countries_6742095_4.html?utm_source=openai))

Critics quickly attacked the move as needlessly broad and discriminatory. Immigration advocates and affected communities argued that the policy would disrupt family reunions, student travel and business trips, while also reviving the central complaints that trailed the first-term travel restrictions: that nationality was being treated as a proxy for risk. Protest activity also followed in some cities as the order took effect. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/44ff62623ac10ef287710f0ebcf5904b?utm_source=openai))

The White House has presented the measure as a national security tool, not a symbolic gesture, and the text of the proclamation reflects that framing. But the political fight around it is already familiar: the administration is again using a sweeping entry restriction to show toughness on immigration, and opponents are again warning that the real-world damage will fall on travelers, families and institutions that have little to do with any security threat. ([whitehouse.gov](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and-other-national-security-and-public-safety-threats/?query-11-page=3&utm_source=openai))