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US President Donald Trump is reviving a travel ban policy from his earlier term by issuing a proclamation that bars entry into the United States for individuals from a list of twelve countries.
The affected countries are Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.
It’s a further escalation in the White House’s fight with the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university.
A federal court in Boston blocked the Department of Homeland Security from barring international students at Harvard last week.
Trump’s order invokes a different legal authority.
It stems from Harvard’s refusal to submit to a series of demands made by the federal government.
Alongside this ban, which will be enforced starting at 12:01 a.m. on Monday (US time), there will be stricter entry requirements for visitors from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela. Tensions have risen following the Department of Homeland Security’s statement about Harvard refusing to share records related to misconduct by foreign students.
Harvard says it has complied with the request, but the government said the school’s response was insufficient.
