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State Department to Waive Fees for Immigrants Denied Visas During Travel Ban to Reapply

January 20, 2022January 19, 2022 Ohio Star Staff

The State Department will waive fees for immigrants seeking visas to come to the U.S. if they were previously denied one because of the Trump administration’s travel ban, according to a Wednesday announcement.

“An IV applicant who is the beneficiary of a valid immigration petition may submit another visa application after being refused and in most circumstances they are required to pay again the relevant application fees,” according to a Federal Register rule published Wednesday. “The Department exempts from such fees only those IV applicants who are applying again after being refused” a visa under the travel ban.

The ban prevented immigration from Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen. President Joe Biden issued an executive order repealing the ban on his first day in office in January 2021.

Biden’s Past Criticism of COVID Travel Plans Boomerangs as He Imposes His Own

November 28, 2021November 29, 2021 Ohio Star Staff

President Joe Biden was forced to confront his own past criticisms of travel bans on Friday when he imposed his own travel restrictions on mostly African countries where a new and concerning COVID-19 virus variant has emerged.

Back in 2020, then-candidate Biden derided then-President Donald Trump as ’xenophobic’ and argued travel bans wouldn’t ‘stop’ the pandemic I after the Republican candidate placed restrictions on travel from China and Europe amid the earliest COVID-19 outbreaks.

DeSantis Calls Potential Travel Ban on Florida a ‘Ridiculous But Very Damaging Farce,’ a ‘Political Attack’ on the State

February 13, 2021February 12, 2021 Ohio Star Staff

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis slammed the Biden Administration Thursday after White House officials floated to the media that it was considering a travel ban to and from the Sunshine State because of coronavirus concerns.

The Miami Herald reported on Wednesday that the White House was looking at “domestic travel restrictions as COVID mutation surges in Florida.”

Trump Administration Extends Travel Ban on Mexican Border for Another Month

April 21, 2020April 20, 2020 Ohio Star Staff

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the ban on all non-essential travel along the Mexican and Canadian borders will be extended for an additional 30 days.

The governments of Mexico, Canada and the United States mutually agreed to keep their borders closed off to non-essential traffic for another month as they continue to fight the spread of coronavirus, acting DHS secretary Chad Wolf said Monday. The announcement came just two days after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the U.S.-Canada border ban would be extended.

“In close collaboration, the US, Mexico, and Canada have each agreed to extend restrictions on non-essential travel across their shared borders for 30 additional days,” Wolf said in a prepared statement.

Report: More Than 40,000 People Have Arrived in the US from China Since Trump Restricted Travel

April 5, 2020April 4, 2020 Ohio Star Staff

Tens of thousands of people have arrived in the United States from China since President Donald Trump restricted travel to the country following the coronavirus outbreak, The New York Times reported Saturday.

Trump Administration Unveils Expansion of Travel Ban

February 1, 2020January 31, 2020 Admin

The Trump administration announced travel restrictions on six new countries Friday, adding to the list of countries that is already placed under a travel ban.

Omar Introduces ‘Neighbors Not Enemies Act’ in Challenge to ‘Muslim Ban’

January 31, 2020January 30, 2020 Anthony Gockowski

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) introduced a “Neighbors Not Enemies Act” Thursday to fully repeal the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which President Donald Trump used as a basis for his travel ban.

Trump Confirms He Is Preparing to Expand a Travel Ban

January 22, 2020January 21, 2020 Admin

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is preparing to expand a travel ban, a move that will likely showcase his immigration enforcement agenda ahead of the 2020 election.

Nearly 40,000 Visas Were Denied in 2018 Under Trump Travel Ban

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 Ohio Star Staff

by Jason Hopkins President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban of mostly Muslim-majority countries led to over 37,000 visa applications getting denied in 2018. The “2017 Executive Order on Immigration” was cited as the reason for the denial of 15,384 immigrant visa applications and another 21,645 non-immigrant visa applications in…

Nashville Demonstration Protests Trump Travel Ban Victory at Supreme Court

June 28, 2018June 27, 2018 Jason M. Reynolds

Rallies were held in Nashville and across the country Tuesday following the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Trump’s travel ban on Muslim countries. The latest, third version of the policy applies to five mostly Muslim countries as well as North Korea and Venezuela, NewsChannel 5 reports. Chief Justice John Roberts…

Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Travel Ban

June 26, 2018June 26, 2018 Admin

by Masood Farivar The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday narrowly upheld the Trump administration’s travel restrictions on citizens of five Muslim-majority countries, handing President Donald Trump a victory in enforcing one of his most controversial policies. In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled that the president has the authority…