A plan for the Trump administration to bar entry into the United States from foreign nationals whose countries do not meet its vetting standards has been indefinitely postponed, with no new date set.
The State Department said Monday it is continuing to work on the report that would serve as the basis for the anticipated visa restrictions but could not say when it would be ready. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office requesting recommendations on what new visa restrictions should be applied to which countries by March 21.
Trump gave his administration 60 days to submit a report “identifying countries throughout the world for which vetting and screening information is so deficient as to warrant a partial or full suspension on the admission of nationals from those countries.”
Countries Affected by Trump’s Travel Ban
A list of more than 40 nations, including Iran, Russia and Venezuela, were reportedly under consideration for full or partially restricted travel to the U.S. as part of the mandate, which was built on a travel ban Trump enacted during his first term and the Supreme Court upheld.
But the due date for an official list to be submitted came and went without an announcement from the White House, and the State Department’s top spokesperson declared the deadline no longer in effect.
State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said at a briefing on Monday that a new date for the recommendations had not been set. She called the original deadline, which was set by Trump’s executive order, a “target date that no longer applies” without offering an explanation.
Such Travel bans and restrictions, cause massive panic especially for students studying in the US that belong to targeted countries. Causing a massive decline in visa applications.
