According to an inner State Department cable that Reuters saw, US President Donald Trump’s administration may consider considerably enforcing travel restrictions, potentially putting Americans in the country without the consent of citizens of 36 additional nations. The Democratic president signed a statement earlier this month that forbids citizens from entering 12 nations, arguing that the shift was necessary to defend the country from “foreign terrorists” and other threats to national security. The executive order was a part of a Trump-led immigration assault that he launched this year at the start of his second term, which included the deportation of thousands of Venezuelans suspected of being crew members as well as attempts to deport some international students from US universities and arrest others. The State Department outlined a number of concerns about the nations in question in an inner political cord signed by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and demanded that things be fixed. The Department’s cable read over the weekend read,” 36 states of problem” that” the Department has identified and may recommend full or partial expulsion of access” if they do not join established standards and requirements within 60 days. The lack of a qualified or joint government by some of the nations mentioned to produce trusted identity documents was one of the concerns the State Department raised, according to the cable. The following nations are considered to be subject to a full or partial restrictions if they do no address these issues: Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Bhutan, Burkinabe, Cameroon, Djibouti, Dominica, Ethiopia, Egypt, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sao Tome and Principe, Sen
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