Category: travel ban

Biden Revokes Trump’s Anti-Terrorism Travel Ban

In one of his first executive actions on Jan. 20, President Joe Biden rescinded President Donald Trump’s travel ban on nations with individuals posing a terrorist threat to the United States. In a proclamation titled “Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to the United States,” Biden revoked a series of executive orders and proclamations Trump signed…


Trump Lifts CCP Virus Travel Ban for UK, Brazil, Keeps Ban for China, Iran

President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Jan. 18 lifting the CCP virus travel ban for most of Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Brazil. The proclamation makes clear that travel restrictions will remain in place for China and Iran. Trump in March 2020 issued travel bans for foreign nationals from the Schengen Area of Europe,…


Trudeau Leaves Door Open to Tighter Travel Ban, Eyeing COVID-19 Mutations Abroad

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leaving the door open to tighter travel restrictions, including a possible ban on outbound air travel. Trudeau says the government is “always open to strengthening” measures around international flights, and is keeping an eye on countries where more easily transmissible strains of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 have broken out….