Nationals of the following 12 countries will be blocked from entering the United States: Afghanistan, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, the Republic of Congo, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

In addition, nationals of seven other countries will be barred from coming into the United States permanently or under several visa programs: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.

When does the ban take effect?

The executive order goes into effect at 12:01 am ET.

Why now?

Addressing reporters Thursday at the White House alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump said he implemented the new ban now because “it can’t come soon enough.”

“Frankly, we want to keep bad people out of our country,” he said.

President Joe Biden reversed a similar policy in Trump’s first term, which barred foreigners from six Muslim-majority countries from entering the country.

On the campaign trail, Trump promised he would revive the ban.

In a video posted Wednesday on YouTube, Trump cited the attack in Boulder, Colorado, as justification for renewing the ban.

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