US imposes travel ban on Palestinian Authority passport holders, citing war, terror

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday expanded a travel ban by barring Palestinian Authority passport holders from entering the United States, along with banning five other nationalities.

In a social media post, a White House account said that Trump, who has long campaigned to restrict immigration, was acting “to protect the security of the United States.”

The policy announced Tuesday will go into effect on January 1, 2026. In June, Trump had announced that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the United States and those from seven others would face restrictions. The decision resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term. ---More...

NEW: The Trump administration has expanded its FULL travel ban to five countries and people traveling on documents issued by the Palestinian Authority, and imposed new limits on 15 other countries.

Jacqui Heinrich: “The president’s proclamation expands the administration’s… pic.twitter.com/MdS8PdOvgY

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The Trump administration has expanded its FULL travel ban to five countries and people traveling on documents issued by the Palestinian Authority, and imposed new limits on 15 other countries.

Jacqui Heinrich: “The president’s proclamation expands the administration’s existing 12-country travel ban to five new countries and also people with documents from the Palestinian Authority.”

“It also adds restrictions to 15 other countries, most of them in Africa.”