Overview
- The proclamation imposes partial restrictions on 15 additional countries, including Nigeria, Senegal, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, and Zimbabwe.
- Several outlets report that Laos and Sierra Leone were shifted from partial to full bans, bringing the total to 19 countries under complete suspensions.
- Coverage indicates roughly 39 countries are now subject to either full bans or partial limits under the expanded framework.
- Officials say the move responds to insufficient data-sharing, unreliable documents, high visa overstay rates, and weak cooperation on deportations.
- USCIS has paused some green card and naturalization processing for previously covered countries, with limited exemptions preserved for lawful residents, existing visa holders, diplomats and certain athletes, and narrower family-based carve-outs.