More than 31,000 people have been denied entry to the United States due to President Donald Trump's travel ban, a State Department official
During a nearly three-hour House hearing, Democratic lawmakers slammed officials over the travel ban enacted by the Trump administration that primarily targets mostly Muslim-majority countries. The travel restrictions, which were upheld by the Supreme Court last year, currently affect Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, along with Venezuela and North Korea. Chad was removed from the list last April, after the White House said the country improved security measures.
9% of visa applicants were given a waiver, while another 29% were waiting in"administrative processing."Ramotowski said about 72,000 people have applied in total, saying that roughly 15,000 cases are still going through the security process. After Trump repeatedly said during his campaign that he would ban all Muslims from entering the US, federal courts cited his words in blocking the first two versions of his travel ban in 2017.
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