President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a proclamation to restrict and curb the entry of individuals from 19 nations into the United States citing security risks.

A full travel ban affects nationals from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. These restrictions distinguish between, but apply to both, the entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants, the proclamation said.

The president also enacted a partial travel ban on individuals from seven other countries, including Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.

The unrestricted entry of nationals from the named countries would be "detrimental to the interests of the United States," the president wrote. "Publicly disclosing addi

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