The Trump Administration Is Radically Overhauling Its Travel Ban Policy - Again

By Rafi Schwartz, Splinter

23 September 17

resident Donald Trump is planning to unveil yet another iteration of his oft-promised, legally dubious travel ban, the New York Times reported on Friday.

While earlier versions of the administration’s travel bans—all of which have been litigated over and over again in the court system—barred nearly all travel into the U.S. from seven, and then six, predominantly Muslim countries, this new policy would reportedly change the list of affected nations once again, tailoring specific travel restrictions to each one.

“The Trump administration will ensure that the people who travel to the United States are properly vetted and those that don’t belong here aren’t allowed to enter,” Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Jonathan Hoffman told the Times, without confirming details of the forthcoming plan.

The new travel policies come as a 90-day review period of the original ban comes to a close. According to the Wall Street Journal, an estimated eight or nine countries will likely be targeted in this latest iteration of the administration’s travel policy.

It is unclear how this new proposal would affect the current litigation surrounding the previous versions of the administration’s travel ban.