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The Trump travel ban denotes a series of executive actions taken by Donald Trump as President of the United States, beginning with Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States (January 27, 2017).[1][2]
It was labeled as a "Muslim ban" by Donald Trump, his aides,[3][4] as well as his critics,[5][6] and became widely known as such since the ban mostly impacted countries with predominantly Muslim populations.[7] One of the few countries without a predominantly Muslim population that was targeted by the travel ban was North Korea. In addition to the travel ban, North Korea was the only country targeted with a reverse travel ban, prohibiting American citizens from traveling to North Korea.
On January 20, 2021, newly inaugurated president Joe Biden issued a proclamation revoking the Trump travel bans, with the exception of the reverse travel ban prohibiting American citizens from traveling to North Korea.
On December 7, 2015, as a candidate for president, Donald Trump called for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on."[8][9] His comments were condemned by several of his competitors for the Republican nomination, including Chris Christie, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and Lindsey Graham, as well as by several Republican state party chairmen, civil rights activist Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) , and Democratic candidates for president Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley.[8][9]
The countries affected by the travel ban:[14][15] All travel restrictions listed below were ended by President Biden on January 20, 2021.[10]
Presidential Proclamation 9645 provided for 'waivers' as exceptions to people affected from the countries who need visas. The waivers were supposed to be granted at the discretion of the consular officers who review the applications of those facing a lot of undue hardship that requires them to be with their loved ones in the United States.[14] For example, if a family member in the United States is dying, a person from the country with a travel ban on it would be granted a waiver to see their family member one last time.[14] However, only 2% of the people who applied for the waiver were granted one. From 33,176 applicants through April 30, 2018, 579 applicants had been granted the waiver.[14]
Following the death of Otto Warmbier, the Trump administration issued a reverse travel ban prohibiting American citizens from traveling to North Korea. President Biden's revocation of the Trump travel ban did not include a reversal of the travel ban to North Korea.[18] The reverse travel ban was renewed on August 23, 2022, and again on August 22, 2023. Unless extended again, the ban remains in effect until August 31, 2024.[19][20]
Area polled | Segment polled | Polling group | Date | Support | Oppose | Unsure | Sample size | Polling method | Source |
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All adults | YouGov (for HuffPost) | May 25–26, 2017 | 45% | 43% | 13% | 1,000 | online | [21] |
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All adults | Gallup | March 9–29, 2017 | 40% | 46% | 14% | 1,526 | telephone | [22] |
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Registered voters | Quinnipiac University | March 16–21, 2017 | 42% | 52% | 6% | 1,056 | telephone | [23] |
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All adults | Public Policy Institute of California | March 6–14, 2017 | 37% | 58% | 5% | 1,487 | telephone | [24] |
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All adults | Pew Research Center | February 28 – March 12, 2017 | 47% | 52% | 1% | 3,844 | telephone and online | [25] |
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Registered voters | Quinnipiac University | March 2–6, 2017 | 42% | 51% | 7% | 1,323 | telephone | [26] |
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Registered voters | Morning Consult/Politico | February 2–4, 2017 | 55% | 38% | 7% | 2,070 | online interviews | [27] |
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All adults | CBS News | February 1–2, 2017 | 45% | 51% | 4% | 1,019 | telephone | [28] |
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All adults | Investor's Business Daily | January 27 – February 2, 2017 | 51% | 48% | 1% | 885 | telephone | [29] |
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Registered voters | Ipsos (for Reuters) | January 30–31, 2017 | 49% | 41% | 10% | 1,201 | online | [30] |
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Likely voters | Rasmussen Reports | January 25–26, 2017 | 57% | 32% | 11% | 1,000 | telephone and online | [31] |
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Registered voters | University of Utah | January 9–16, 2017 | 40% | 55% | 5% | 605 | N/A | [32] |
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All adults | Quinnipiac University | January 5–9, 2017 | 48% | 42% | 10% | 899 | telephone | [33] |
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