HUGE NEWS

Today, the President expands and strengthens entry restrictions on nationals from certain counties - .

  • The Proclamation continues the full restrictions and entry limitations of nationals from the original 12 high-risk countries established under Proclamation 10949: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.
  •  It adds full restrictions and entry limitations on 5 additional countries based on recent analysis: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria.
  •  It also adds full restrictions and entry limitations on individuals holding Palestinian Authority-issued travel documents. 
  •  It imposes full restrictions and entry limitations on 2 countries that were previously subject to partial restrictions: Laos and Sierra Leone.
  • The Proclamation continues partial restrictions of nationals from 4 of the 7 original high risk countries: Burundi, Cuba, Togo, and Venezuela.   • Because Turkmenistan has engaged productively with the United States and demonstrated significant progress since the previous Proclamation, this new Proclamation lifts the ban on its nonimmigrant visas, while maintaining the suspension of entry for Turkmen nationals as immigrants.
  •  It adds partial restrictions and entry limitations on 15 additional countries: Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Dominica, Gabon, The Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
  • The Proclamation includes exceptions for lawful permanent residents, existing visa holders, certain visa categories like athletes and diplomats, and individuals whose entry serves U.S. national interests. 
  • The Proclamation narrows broad family-based immigrant visa carve-outs that carry demonstrated fraud risks, while preserving case-by-case waivers.

HUGE NEWS!!! - THOSE WHO ENTERED WITHOUT A VISA ARE ENTITLED TO RELEASE FROM ICE DETENTION ON BOND

  • GREAT NEWS - persons entered the USA with out a visa are now eligible for release on bond - Federal Court in California Court declared unlawful ICE practice of not releasing on bond persons who entered without a visa.  Unless stopped at border, persons who entered the USA and are living here are entitled to release on bond!
  • Previously  Immigration Courts not following order -so Judge Sykes confirmed decision and was upset that Government is not following her order.  Therefore it is clear that persons who entered the USA without a visa, who are detained by ICE are eligible for release on bond. 
  • Maldonado Bautista v. Santacruz, No. 5:25-cv-01873-SSS-BFM (C.D. Cal.)
  • Courts not following previous Trump Administration (BIA) bad decision under order: Matter of Yajure Hurtado, 29 I. & N. Dec. 216 (BIA 2025)