BREAKING: Trump Administration Announces Replacement for Muslim Travel Ban

Muslim Travel Ban Expires Tonight

The Trump administration announced new restrictions late Sunday on visitors from eight countries, a replacement of Donald Trump’s Muslim travel ban.

Per The Washington Post:

Officials had said they wanted the new rules to be both tough and targeted. The move comes as the key portion of Trump’s travel ban, which bars the issuance of visas to citizens of six majority-Muslim countries, is set to expire. 

“These restrictions are necessary and conditions-based, not time-based,” said a senior administration official.

The new travel restrictions represent the third version offered by the Trump administration.

Chad, North Korea and Venezuela were added to the list of countries whose citizens will face the restrictions, the outlet reported, with Sudan falling off of the travel ban issued at the beginning of 2017. They noted that restrictions on Venezuela target only the country’s leadership and family members.

The full list of countries on the modified list are Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson released the following statement:

“These restrictions are necessary and conditions-based, not time-based,” a senior administration official told The Washington Post. They further advised restrictions will be phased in “over time,” and that “the restrictions will not affect anyone who already holds a U.S. visa.”

Donald Trump (or potentially a staffer) took a moment to pause from advocating for an NFL boycott to tweet that “Making America Safe is my number one priority. We will not admit those into our country we cannot safely vet.”

The order is set to take effect on October 18th, and officials indicated an announcement will be made within six days to Congress about changes or modifications to America’s refugee cap.

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