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The U.S. is preparing to announce
targeted travel restrictions to replace an earlier controversial
travel ban aimed at visitors from six Muslim-majority nations, the
Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
The Department of Homeland Security is
recommending country-by-country restrictions for about eight or nine
nations that have not met standards on counter-terrorism efforts and
passports, U.S. officials said.
Officials had originally expressed
concern about 17 nations, but many of those subsequently addressed
the concerns and were not included in the proposal.
Trump’s travel ban faced a series of
legal challenges that are to be heard by the Supreme Court in
October.
However, the court allowed a version of
the ban to go into effect while the case proceeds through the legal
system.
The ban was crafted to expire 90 days
after implementation, but the clock only started ticking after the
Supreme Court allowed the ban to start, pending review. That period
comes to a close Sunday.
The travel ban was first announced in
January, just days after Trump took office.
The president revised it in March to
address legal concerns in an effort to temporarily bar people from
Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the U.S.
Trump has vocally defended his
position, which opponents argued was discriminatory against Muslims.
The administration argued it wanted time to review visa procedures
for the countries.
*Agency Report
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