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The Trump ad­min­is­tra­tion is ex­pand­ing its trav­el ban to in­clude five more coun­tries and im­pose new lim­its on oth­ers.

This move Tues­day is part of on­go­ing ef­forts to tight­en U.S. en­try stan­dards for trav­el and im­mi­gra­tion. The de­ci­sion fol­lows the ar­rest of an Afghan na­tion­al sus­pect in the shoot­ing of two Na­tion­al Guard troops over Thanks­giv­ing week­end.

In June, Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump an­nounced that cit­i­zens of 12 coun­tries would be banned from vis­it­ing the Unit­ed States and those from sev­en oth­ers would face re­stric­tions. The de­ci­sion res­ur­rect­ed a hall­mark pol­i­cy of his first term.