Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro reacted on Thursday to the U.S. announcing new travel restrictions affecting dozens of countries, including Venezuela.

From Aragua state, Maduro sent a message to U.S. president Donald Trump calling his proclamation a lie, as it describes as one of the reasons for the measure that "Venezuela has historically refused to accept back its removable nationals."

"If we are going to look for them with our airplanes, how are we not accepting them, President Donald Trump?," Maduro said.

Trump on Wednesday resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term, announcing that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the United States and those from seven others would face restrictions.

The new ban includes Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.

There will be heightened restrictions on visitors from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.