Overview
- Seven countries face a full entry ban starting Jan. 1: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, Syria, Laos and Sierra Leone, according to the White House.
- Partial visa and entry restrictions were placed on 15 countries: Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominica, Gabon, Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
- The U.S. restored nonimmigrant visa issuance for Turkmenistan, while the suspension on immigrant entry for Turkmen citizens remains in place.
- Existing restrictions stay in force on previously listed states, and the order also covers travelers using Palestinian Authority documents, per the published proclamation.
- NYT reports internal USCIS guidance calling for 100–200 denaturalization referrals per month in FY2026, a sharp increase from roughly 120 cases since 2017, with actions limited by law mainly to fraud or narrowly defined grounds.