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Judge Throws Out Trump's Halt to Immigration Processing

Ruling invalidates agency's freezes on asylum, green cards, and citizenship

(Newser) - A Trump administration effort to effectively hit pause on swaths of the legal immigration system was tossed out Friday by a federal judge in Rhode Island. In a 135-page ruling, Judge John J. McConnell Jr. ordered US Citizenship and Immigration Services to resume processing asylum and immigration applications that had...

Green Card Seekers No Longer Can Apply From Inside US

Trump administration change could bar many temporary visa holders from permanent residency

(Newser) - Most foreigners applying to become permanent residents of the US will have to leave the country to do it from now on, under a Trump administration policy shift announced Friday that breaks with longstanding practice. A memo from US Citizenship and Immigration Services directs most green card applicants to apply...

BTS Founder Could Now Face Arrest
BTS Founder
Could Now
Face Arrest
Apr 22, 2026 5:58 AM CDT

BTS Founder Could Now Face Arrest

Police accuse Bang Si-hyuk in hidden profit-sharing scheme before Hybe's blockbuster IPO

(Newser) - The music executive who built BTS into a global force could now face arrest. South Korean police have asked prosecutors to seek an arrest warrant for Hybe chairman Bang Si-hyuk, alleging he orchestrated a secret profit-sharing deal and misled early investors ahead of Hybe's 2020 stock-market debut ; the company was...

2 Nations Impose Travel Bans on Americans

Mali, Burkina Faso say it's retaliation for President Trump's ban on their own nationals

(Newser) - Mali and Burkina Faso said late Tuesday they'd ban US citizens from entering their countries in retaliation for President Trump's decision to ban Malian and Burkinabe citizens from entering the United States. The announcements, made in separate statements by the foreign ministers of the two West African countries,...

Trump Adds 5 Countries to Full Travel Ban
Trump Expands Travel Ban
Dec 16, 2025 9:10 PM CST

Trump Expands Travel Ban

New restrictions placed on 20 countries

(Newser) - The Trump administration announced Tuesday it was expanding travel restrictions to an additional 20 countries and the Palestinian Authority, doubling the number of nations affected by sweeping limits announced earlier this year on who can travel and emigrate to the US. The Trump administration included five more countries as well...

US Suspends Green Cards for 19 Countries

Green card and citizenship processing halted for some countries already on travel ban list

(Newser) - Dozens of countries are now on a new US immigration pause list, including some of the world's most poor and least stable, reports the New York Times . The Trump administration has suspended immigration applications from 19 nations previously placed under travel restrictions, effectively stopping green card and citizenship processing...

After DC Shooting, Noem Demands Total Travel Ban

After Afghan migrant allegedly kills National Guard member, homeland security chief issues warning

(Newser) - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is urging a sweeping "full travel ban" on nations she claims are sending "killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies" to the United States. Noem announced her recommendation after she said she met with President Trump, posting on X that the country is being exploited...

North Korea's Beach Resort Shuts Out Foreign Tourists

New resort welcomed its first Russian visitors a few weeks ago

(Newser) - North Korea's much-hyped Wonsan beach resort has abruptly barred foreign visitors, just weeks after welcoming its first Russian tourists and promoting itself as a new international destination . The Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone, which opened on July 1, is a centerpiece of Kim Jong Un's efforts to...

Trump Looks to Quadruple Nations Under Travel Ban

Administration tells 36 countries to meet new requirements—or else

(Newser) - The Trump administration is considering adding another 36 countries to the new travel ban , a potential move that would quadruple the number of countries initially named. An internal State Department memo reviewed by the Washington Post and Reuters shows 36 countries have been given a 60-day deadline to conform with...

Trump's New Travel Ban Is Now in Effect

Visa applications from affected countries will now be rejected, with narrow exceptions

(Newser) - President Trump's new ban on travel to the US by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries took effect on Monday, the AP reports. The new proclamation, which Trump signed on Wednesday, also imposes new travel restrictions on people from seven additional countries who are outside the...

New Travel Ban More Likely to Survive Legal Challenges
New Travel Ban
May Be on
Firmer
Legal Ground
the rundown
Jun 5, 2025 8:01 AM CDT

New Travel Ban May Be on Firmer Legal Ground

Supreme Court's 2018 ruling in favor of the first one is a factor

(Newser) - When President Trump put a travel ban into place early in his first term, it ran into immediate legal trouble and got blocked by federal judges. The new ban he announced Wednesday appears more likely to stand up to the legal challenges certain to come, reports the New York Times ...

Trump Institutes New Travel Bans
Trump Institutes
New Travel Bans
Jun 4, 2025 9:44 PM CDT

Trump Institutes New Travel Bans

Nationals from 12 countries will be banned outright, another 7 face partial bans

(Newser) - President Trump on Wednesday announced travel bans barring nationals from 12 countries from entering the United States. Another seven countries were also placed under travel restrictions, though not outright bans, NBC News reports. The restrictions, which hearken back to travel bans on Muslim-majority countries Trump instituted during his first term,...

Popular Italian Hot Spot Bars Tourists Amid Water Issue

Glitch in water delivery system on Capri has sent island into a water emergency

(Newser) - A water emergency prompted the mayor of Capri—one of Italy's most popular islands—to order a halt to the arrival of tourists on Saturday, in a crisis that has deprived some areas of any water supply. Without a water supply, it's impossible to guarantee essential services to...

Maldives Just Banned Israelis From Entering

The Maldives says it won't be letting in Israel passport holders amid war against Hamas in Gaza

(Newser) - As some countries are increasingly expressing support for the Palestinian people in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war , one nation has taken things in a new direction. Per the AP , the Maldives has now banned individuals holding Israeli passports from entering the archipelago in the Indian Ocean, with the office of...

Global Reaction to Variant Angers South Africa

Government and travel industry feel punished for transparency and scientists' quick work

(Newser) - South Africa's government and travel industry have responded angrily to travel restrictions imposed by the US, Britain and other nations over the latest coronavirus variant . Health Minister Joe Phaahla, at a press conference Friday, said the travel bans "are completely against the norms and standards as guided by...

House Answers Trump's Travel Ban With Bill

Biden administration backs curbs on presidential power

(Newser) - The Democratic-led House passed legislation Wednesday designed to constrain a president's power to limit entry to the US, a response to former President Trump's travel ban covering five Muslim-majority countries. President Biden reversed the travel restrictions in one of his first moves in office, easing limits on Iran,...

New Zealand Makes an Exception for James Cameron

Director and crew given entry to nearly virus-free nation to shoot 'Avatar' sequels

(Newser) - No outsiders are generally allowed inside New Zealand these days as the nation continues its three-month-old travel ban to keep COVID-19 in check . If you're James Cameron, however, there's a little wiggle room. Bloomberg reports that the director and a 30-person crew have been bestowed with an exemption...

Disney Gives the World Good Coronavirus News
Disney Gives the World
Good Coronavirus News
the rundown
Mar 14, 2020 11:20 AM CDT

Disney Gives the World Good Coronavirus News

But sadly the world has its youngest coronavirus case: a newborn

(Newser) - Amid all the negative COVID-19 stories, a good one from Disney: Frozen 2 will be available for streaming three months earlier than expected, CNN reports. New Disney CEO Bob Chapek says the movie's "powerful themes of perseverance and the importance of family" are "incredibly relevant during this...

Trump Issues New Travel Ban
Trump Issues
New Travel Ban
Feb 1, 2020 10:00 AM CST

Trump Issues New Travel Ban

But critics decry the move as racist or nakedly political

(Newser) - President Trump has expanded his 2017 travel ban to include six more countries with sizeable Muslim populations, USA Today reports. Announced Friday, the new plan will block overseas visas for nationals of Nigeria, Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan, and Eritrea, and keep people from Tanzania and Sudan from entering America via the diversity...

US Bars All Flights Into Cuba, With One Exception

Planes from United States can only go into Havana in new travel ban

(Newser) - If you'd planned to travel to Cuba, you still can—but only one of the country's 10 main airports will be open starting next month. Per CBS News , at the direction of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the US has banned all flights to the island nation, save...

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